Crider v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Jeffrey A. Crider was convicted by a Muscogee County jury of aggravated assault and aggravated sodomy. The trial court sentenced him to 20 years to serve on each count, to run consecutively. Crider appeals the order denying him a new trial. Crider contends that the trial court erred in (1) admitting child hearsay testimony, (2) failing to charge the jury on simple battery, and (3) inaccurately charging the jury on the law of aggravated assault. He also claims ineffective assistance of counsel. For reasons that follow, we affirm Crider’s convictions.

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