Newman v. State

BARNES, Chief Judge.

In these companion cases, Jefferson Newman and Lisa Smith appeal from their convictions for child molestation on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient and that the trial court erred when it failed to hold a pre-trial hearing on the admissibility of child *354hearsay, admitted videotaped interviews of the victim, granted the State and the defendants an equal number of peremptory challenges, and failed to allow the defendants to make final closing argument. We find no error and affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable…