STATE v. HATFIELD

No. COA97-183.

495 S.E.2d 163 (1998)

STATE of North Carolina v. Joshua Ortel HATFIELD.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Assistant Attorney General Kay Linn Miller Hobart, for the State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr. by Assistant Appellate Defender Mark D. Montgomery, Durham, for defendant-appellant.


WYNN, Judge.

Joshua Ortel Hatfield was convicted on 24 June 1996 for three counts of first-degree sexual offense and one count of taking indecent liberties with his minor stepdaughter.

At Hatfield's trial, the minor female testified for the State about several incidents in 1992, when she was nine years old, during which Hatfield fondled and penetrated her. Also testifying for the State was social worker Buddy Morris, who stated that the minor female talked...

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