Keown v. State

Ellington, Judge.

A Cherokee County jury found Gary Keown guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of rape, OCGA § 16-6-1; three counts of aggravated child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4; and aggravated sexual battery, OCGA § 16-6-22.2. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, Keown claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the evidence was insufficient as to two counts of aggravated child molestation. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Keown contends his trial counsel’s assistance was ineffective because counsel elicited testimony that Keown took a polygraph test and then…