Hill v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Quentin Marcellius Hill of statutory rape and aggravated child molestation. Hill filed a motion for a new trial, which the trial court denied. On appeal, Hill challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. He further contends that it was plain error for the trial court to charge the jury that the prior consistent statements of the victim may constitute sufficient corroboration in a statutory rape case, and that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to obj ect to the charge. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

The evidence, construed in…