Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Judge.
Defendant Louis R. Jones, Jr. was convicted of molestation of a seven-year-old child and appeals. Although he filed two enumerations of error, he acknowledges in his brief that the argument for both enumerations is the same: He argues the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the testimony of the victim failed to corroborate “to any acceptable degree” the hearsay testimony of two adult witnesses who testified concerning what the victim had told them about the defendant’s acts.
First, we note that defendant requested no such instruction and is thus precluded from…
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