Crump v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of two counts of child molestation (OCGA § 16-6-4) on the general grounds, citing OCGA §§ 5-5-20 and 5-5-21, which apply to motions for new trial. No motion for new trial was made in this case. Defendant urges the novel approach that this court should directly sit in judgment of whether a new trial should be granted on the general grounds. The reasons given for this proposed bypass are that trial courts rarely grant new trials, thus frustrating legislative intent; that this court has the same resources with which to make such a decision; and…