Parker v. State

Bernes, Judge.

A Gwinnett County jury found Walter Stephen Parker guilty of two counts of child molestation. On appeal from the denial of his amended motion for new trial, Parker argues that he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial; that the trial court erred in admitting certain similar transaction evidence; and that the two child molestation counts should have been charged as one count in the indictment and merged for purposes of sentencing. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury verdict, the evidence adduced at trial shows that the female…