Weathersby v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Arnold Weathersby appeals his convictions of rape, statutory rape, aggravated child molestation, and child molestation 1 and asserts six errors: (1) the evidence was insufficient; (2) the trial court abused its discretion when it failed to declare a mistrial sua sponte; (3) the judge who presided over the trial should have heard his new trial motion; (4) the trial court abused its discretion when it removed a juror over his objection; (5) the statute authorizing the trial court to play a videotaped statement is unconstitutional; and (6) his trial counsel was ineffective. For…