Starr v. State

Smith, Chief Judge.

Mark Robert Starr was convicted by a jury of one count of child molestation. His motion for new trial, as amended, was denied, and he appeals. Starr argues that the victim’s videotaped statement and his own two audiotaped statements were improperly admitted, and he enumerates as error a portion of the trial court’s jury charge. Because we conclude that in its jury instructions the trial court improperly expressed an opinion on the evidence in violation of OCGA § 17-8-57, we reverse and remand this case for a new trial.

Construed in favor of the verdict, evidence was…