Murchison v. State

Johnson, Judge.

A jury found Charles Daniel Murchison guilty of committing child molestation and aggravated child molestation upon his friend’s seven-year-old granddaughter. Murchison appeals from his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial.

Murchison contends that by allowing the victim to sit in her mother’s lap while the child testified, the trial court erroneously expressed an opinion about the case. We disagree.

OCGA § 17-8-57 provides: “It is error for any judge in any criminal case, during its progress or in his charge to the jury, to express or intimate his opinion as to…