Benefield v. State

Mikell, Judge.

Walter Clifford Benefield, who was convicted of three counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of child molestation, appeals the denial of his motion for new trial. Benefield asserts four errors: (1) the trial court erred as a matter of law by entering the verdict without the jury’s unanimous agreement; (2) the trial court’s entry of the verdict violated his due process rights; (3) trial counsel’s failure to object to the verdict constituted ineffective assistance of counsel; and (4) the prosecutor engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by failing to call the court’s…