Knight v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Chief Judge.
A Tattnall County jury found William Knight guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 (a). He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, that the prosecutor’s argument to the jury was improper, and that the prosecutor “tainted” the court’s sentence by attempting to introduce evidence of his prior convictions. For the following reasons, we affirm.
1. Knight argues that the evidence presented was insufficient to support his conviction because, according to him, the…
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