LaGON v. THE STATE

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A Clayton County jury found Shelton LaGon guilty of one count of statutory rape, two counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of child molestation, and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. LaGon filed a motion for new trial, as amended, which the trial court denied. On appeal, LaGon contends that the trial court erred by failing to appoint different counsel to represent him at trial; by starting the trial and conducting portions of the proceedings in his absence after LaGon refused to enter the courtroom; and by declining to grant LaGon a continuance for…