Wilson v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was charged with two counts of child molestation and, alternatively, two counts of simply battery. He was acquitted of one of the child molestation counts and convicted on the remaining three counts of the indictment. However, one of the simple battery convictions was subsequently merged with the child molestation conviction during sentencing. He brings this appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial.

The evidence established that on August 15, 1986, the appellant escorted four children, including the then eight-year-old daughter of a close family…