Jones v. State

Ellington, Judge.

An Athens-Clarke County jury found Kevin Jones guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of two counts of cruelty to a child, OCGA§ 16-5-70; and aggravated battery, OCGA § 16-5-24. Following the grant of his motion for an out-of-time appeal, Jones appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and contending the trial court abused its discretion in accepting his decision to represent himself at trial, in admitting the victim’s hearsay statements, in failing to grant sua sponte a mistrial based on improper prosecutorial argument, and in charging the jury on the definition of…