HUNTER, Judge.
Michael Keith Holden ("defendant") appeals from judgments dated 16 January 2002 entered consistent with jury verdicts finding him guilty of two counts of first degree statutory rape of a female under the age of thirteen years. As we determine that the trial court's jury instructions violated defendant's constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict, we grant a new trial on both counts.
The State's evidence presented at trial tends to show...
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