Legal Opinion
Towry v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 20, 2010No. A10A0293PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
695 S.E.2d 683 (2010)
TOWRY
v.
The STATE.
No. A10A0293.
Court of Appeals of Georgia.
May 20, 2010.
M. Paul Reynolds, Decatur, for appellant.
David McDade, Dist. Atty., James A. Dooley, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.
BERNES, Judge.
This case arises out of allegations that Paul Eric Towry fondled the genital area of J.L., his six-year-old granddaughter, during a weekend campout at his home. The jury found Towry guilty of child molestation, and the trial court denied his amended motion for new trial. On appeal, Towry contends that his trial counsel was ineffective by failing to object to testimony of a…
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