Hamilton v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant Otha Hamilton was convicted of one count of molesting a child for an incident in which Appellant's nine-year-old step-granddaughter performed oral sex on him. Hamilton was sentenced to the maximum sentence of fifty years in prison. Hamilton appealed, arguing, inter alia, that the sentence was inappropriate given the nature of his offense and his character. The court of appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence. The Supreme Court affirmed Hamilton's conviction but revised his sentence, holding that, given the nature of Hamilton's sexual misconduct, the sentence imposed by the trial court was inappropriate. Remanded with instructions to enter an amended sentence of thirty-five years in prison.
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