Hardeman v. State

Carley, Justice.

After a jury found Dexter Hardeman guilty of aggravated sexual battery, the trial court entered its judgment of conviction on the guilty verdict and imposed the minimum ten-year sentence. Hardeman filed an alternative motion for new trial or to arrest the judgment, wherein he challenged the constitutionality of the statutory definition of “aggravated sexual battery” as codified in OCGA § 16-6-22.2 (b). The trial court denied the alternative motion, and Hardeman appeals to this Court on the ground that this case is within our exclusive jurisdiction over constitutional issues.…