STATE v. WEBB

No. COA08-806.

682 S.E.2d 393 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Thomas WEBB, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melrose, Seago & Lay, P.A., by Nathan J. Earwood, Sylva, for the defendant.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Angenette R. Stephenson, for the State.


ELMORE, Judge.

John Thomas Webb (defendant) was convicted of one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor—specifically, his daughter—pursuant to N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-202.1 and was sentenced to twenty to twenty-four months' imprisonment. As is so often true with cases of sexual abuse, the only person able to testify directly to the events of the abuse was the victim herself.

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