Jackson v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Melvin Delano Jackson was convicted by a jury of enticing a child for indecent purposes, aggravated child molestation, and statutory rape. His amended motion for new trial was denied, and Jackson appeals. Because the State did not present sufficient evidence of aggravated child molestation, that conviction must be reversed. For the reasons that follow, however, the trial court did not err in denying Jackson’s motion for new trial with respect to the remaining convictions.

1. We first address Jackson’s contentions that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.…