State of Washington, Res/Cross-App v. David Jedidiah McKim, App/Cross-Resp

CourtCourt of Appeals of Washington
DecidedFebruary 4, 2025
Docket57693-7
StatusUnpublished

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Opinion

Filed Washington State Court of Appeals Division Two

February 4, 2025

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

DIVISION II STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 57693-7-II

Respondent,

v.

DAVID JEDIDIAH MCKIM, UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Appellant.

GLASGOW, J.—When SS was 12 years old, he told his mother that his father, David

McKim, sexually assaulted him for several years. A jury found McKim guilty of two counts each

of the following crimes: first and second degree child rape and first and second degree child

molestation of SS. McKim appeals his four rape convictions, arguing that the State failed to prove

that McKim penetrated SS. McKim also claims that the trial court erred by excluding a piece of

video evidence that defense counsel produced to the State during trial after the State rested. The

State cross-appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by excluding statements McKim made during

a police interview.

We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to demonstrate that McKim penetrated SS,

which is an essential element of first and second degree child rape. We also conclude that the trial

court did not err by excluding the defense’s untimely video evidence. We thus affirm McKim’s

convictions. Because we affirm, we need not address the State’s cross-appeal. No. 57693-7-II

FACTS

I. BACKGROUND

David McKim is SS’s father. SS was born female in 2007 and later identified as male.1 SS

lived primarily with his mother but spent every other weekend and some school vacations with

McKim. McKim mostly lived with his mother, SS’s paternal grandmother, except for a brief period

when he lived with his now ex-wife.

During his visits with McKim, SS spent the majority of his time with his paternal

grandmother. While at his grandmother’s house, SS sometimes played video games with McKim

in the sunroom. SS slept in his own bedroom at his paternal grandmother’s house. When McKim

lived with his ex-wife, SS stayed at her house a couple of times.

When SS was 12 years old, SS’s mother noticed that SS seemed depressed, was not

showering, and was generally not acting himself. SS’s mother asked SS’s maternal grandmother

to speak with him. In November 2019, SS told his maternal grandmother that McKim was sexually

assaulting him. SS then told his mother about the abuse.

SS’s mother immediately took SS to the hospital, where SS spoke to a triage nurse and a

physician assistant. SS told both medical professionals that McKim had sexually assaulted him

“rectally and vaginally” for several years. 4 Verbatim Rep. of Proc. (VRP) at 587. SS also saw a

pediatrician, but declined a physical sexual assault exam. SS spoke with a police forensic

interviewer and again disclosed the sexual assaults.

1 Prior to and throughout trial, SS identified as male. This opinion uses male pronouns and SS’s current initials.

2 No. 57693-7-II

The State charged McKim with eight total crimes: two counts of first degree child rape,

two counts of second degree child rape, two counts of first degree child molestation, and two

counts of second degree child molestation.2

Before trial, the trial court excluded statements that McKim made in a police interview

under CrR 3.5, concluding the State failed to establish McKim’s statements were voluntary.

II. TRIAL

A. SS’s Testimony

McKim’s case proceeded to a jury trial. During the trial, SS testified that McKim started

to touch him inappropriately when he was in fourth or fifth grade and approximately 9 or 10 years

old. According to SS, the first time McKim assaulted him was at McKim’s ex-wife’s house. SS

said he was watching television with McKim when McKim “started touching all over my body,”

and “touching my stomach and my back and my chest and down there too, sometimes,” indicating

his vagina. 4 VRP at 460-61. SS said that after this first time, McKim told him to keep the

encounters a secret.

SS stated that McKim touched him this way every time he went to McKim’s ex-wife’s

house. The alleged abuse also occurred at SS’s paternal grandmother’s house in the sunroom, in

SS’s bedroom, and once on the couch. SS testified that McKim would use his hands and his penis

to touch SS’s body. SS said that his clothes stayed on most of the time, but sometimes McKim

would “pull my pants and my underwear down, and he’d also pull his down and rub his penis on

my butt. And a couple times, he’d rub it on my vagina.” 4 VRP at 470.

The State asked SS about the extent of McKim’s touching:

2 The molestation charges were not in the initial charging document but were added later.

3 No. 57693-7-II

Q: Did he ever try to put his hands or anything else inside of you? A: Yeah, he did. He tried to, like, he tried to put his hands inside my vagina. Q: What happened? A: Well, it hurt a lot. So I’d tell him to stop because it hurt, and he’d stop, but then, again, he’d try to do it again.

4 VRP at 470. SS later clarified that McKim “didn’t manage to get all the way inside” him because

McKim would stop after SS said it hurt. 4 VRP at 471. SS described the pain as “a sharp pain”

that felt like McKim was “touching something or pushing against something that was not meant

to be touched.” 4 VRP at 558. SS stated that the pain would linger for a few seconds and then go

away. At one point during SS’s testimony, defense counsel pointed out that in a prior interview,

SS said McKim “never got inside of me.” 4 VRP at 481. SS replied, “As time went on, I started to

remember a little more, and he never got fully inside of me, but, like, partially,” using his hands.

Id.

SS testified that the last time McKim assaulted him was the Friday before Halloween,

October 25, 2019. SS said that he was lying on the couch at his paternal grandmother’s house with

McKim when McKim started touching him. SS stood up and went to his bedroom, but McKim

followed him and began “grinding” on SS’s buttocks with his penis, eventually pulling SS’s pants

down and rubbing against his bare skin. 4 VRP at 473. SS testified that his friend, “N,” was not at

SS’s grandmother’s house that weekend, but his cousins and uncle were staying in the upstairs

bedroom.

B. New Video Evidence

After the State’s witnesses testified, the State rested its case in chief and McKim moved to

dismiss the child rape counts, claiming insufficient evidence of penetration. The trial court denied

the motion to dismiss, citing SS’s testimony.

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After the lunch break that day, McKim’s defense counsel informed the court that SS’s

paternal grandmother provided new evidence over the lunch break. The new evidence was a

TikTok video that allegedly showed SS and his friend, N, in Halloween costumes together at the

aquarium on Saturday, October 26, 2019. Defense counsel acknowledged that the late disclosure

of the video during the trial violated discovery guidelines and apologized. However, defense

counsel argued that the video should be admitted because it contradicted SS’s testimony that N

was not with him the weekend before Halloween. The video instead would support SS’s paternal

grandmother’s anticipated testimony that she picked up SS and N from school on Friday, October

25 and N spent the weekend with SS.

The State argued that the video should be excluded because SS did not have an opportunity

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