Roberts v. State

Bernes, Judge.

A Dougherty County jury convicted Dennis Victor Roberts of two counts of aggravated child molestation based upon acts perpetrated upon L. W. and V. H. Roberts appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the trial court erred in excluding evidence that L. W. had previously made a false accusation of sexual misconduct. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979), the evidence adduced at trial shows that Roberts was L. W.’s stepfather and that L. W. lived with her mother,…