Carolina v. State

The defendant lured the 12-year-old victim to his home under the false pretense of needing to charge his cell phone, once there, he turned on a pornographic videotape in the victim's presence and he asked the victim sexually suggestive questions regarding the contents of the videotape as they watched it, including asking her what she would do to "make him feel good" for money.

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A Fulton County jury convicted Mandell Carolina of one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes1 and one count of solicitation of sodomy for money with a child under 17.2 He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence in support of his convictions and the denial of his motions for a directed verdict on the charged offenses. Furthermore, Carolina challenges aspects of the hearsay testimony of the child victims and the jury charge. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that Carolina asked Q. D., a 12-year-old child, if she wanted to go to the flea market with him to make some money by selling tapes and compact discs. With her mother’s permission, Q. D. went along. After eating lunch at a nearby fast food restaurant, Carolina told Q. D. that he needed to go to his house to charge his cellular phone. Again, Q. D. went with him.

Upon getting to Carolina’s house, Q. D. saw that there was no furniture in the living room and went into his bedroom. There she found the only chair in the room covered with clothes and sat down on the edge of the bed. Carolina joined Q. D. in the bedroom, started a pornographic videotape, and sat down beside her on the bed to watch it on television. As the videotape ran, Carolina asked Q. D. several questions: He asked me have I ever came like that Do I got a boyfriend Have my boyfriend ever kissed me Have a boy ever tasted me . . . Can he make me feel good If he gave me money, what I do for him Q. D. believed that Carolina was asking her “to have sex with him if he gave her money.” In addition, Carolina asked Q. D. to engage in what he termed an “experiment” about trust in which she was to lay down on the bed and allow him to apply lotion to her legs. Q. D. asked to leave, and Carolina obliged. As they stood waiting at a bus stop, Carolina asked Q. D. if she could keep a secret.

Carolina v. State

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