Weldon v. State

Mikell, Judge.

A jury convicted James Weldon of three counts of child molestation and one count of statutory rape following an incident involving his former girlfriend’s eleven-year-old daughter, S. S. The court sentenced him to 60 years in confinement. Weldon appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that he was deprived of an impartial jury, that the victim’s uncorroborated testimony is insufficient to support his conviction for statutory rape, and that the trial court erred by allowing the state, over objection, to ask leading questions on direct examination. We disagree and…