Chastain v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury .trial, Barry C. Chastain was convicted of one count of cruelty to children and acquitted on the child molestation charge with respect to C. C., his fifteen-year-old niece. Chastain was acquitted on the multi-count indictment on counts of child molestation, cruelty to children, and attempted rape with respect to B. F., C. C.’s older sister. Chastain contends the trial court erred in denying his motion for new trial because the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that he was entitled to a directed verdict on Count 2, that the court…