Demarquis Seals v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ February 06, 2020 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A20A1016. DEMARQUIS SEALS v. THE STATE. A grand jury indicted Demarquis Seals for one count each of rape and child molestation. A jury found Seals guilty of child molestation, but was unable to reach a verdict on the rape charge, and a mistrial was declared as to that charge. After the trial court sentenced Seals on the child molestation conviction, Seals filed a timely motion for a new trial, which the trial court denied. In the interim, the trial…