Drummond v. State

Curtis Drummond was convicted of child molestation and statutory rape. He appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in failing to give a curative instruction to the jury and that his trial counsel was ineffective. The claims are without merit, and we thus affirm Drummond’s conviction. On April 1, 2002, Drummond went to the mobile home of his friend Jeanette Maynard. That evening, Maynard, her friend Eddie Swint, her 17-year-old daughter Brandy Hicks, Hicks’ 17-year-old boyfriend Alfred McKeithern, a 14-year-old girl who was Hicks’ friend, and 28-year-old Drummond watched television in the living room. Later, when Maynard and Swint went to bed, Drummond stayed in the living room with the 14-year-old girl, Hicks and McKeithern. Before going to the bedroom, Maynard told Drummond not to do anything with the girl because she was only 14.

After Maynard and Swint went to bed, Hicks and McKeithern were sitting on one couch, while Drummond and the 14-year-old were on another couch. Drummond began kissing the girl. He and the girl then lay down under a blanket on the floor, where Drummond had sexual intercourse with her. A few minutes later, Drummond again had sexual intercourse with the girl. She then went into the bathroom with Hicks, and told her that she and Drummond had just had sex. A few days later, the girl’s mother found out about the incident, and the police were contacted.