STATE v. WATKINS

No. 43A86.

349 S.E.2d 564 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Deanith Newton WATKINS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Daniel C. Oakley, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Louis D. Bilionis, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


PARKER, Justice.

The State's evidence tended to show that on or between 14 February and 4 March 1985, the victim,1 a six-year-old girl, went to a nearby convenience store on an errand for her mother. While at the store, defendant, the store clerk, jerked the victim into a storage room, put his hand in her pants, and placed his finger in her "coodie cat", a term the victim uses to describe her...

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