Crenshaw v. the State

Ellington, Presiding Judge.

A Fulton County jury found Jeremiah Crenshaw guilty of rape, OCGA § 16-6-1 (a) (1); aggravated sodomy, OCGA § 16-6-2 (a) (2); burglary in the first degree, OCGA § 16-7-1 (b); false imprisonment, OCGA § 16-5-41 (a); and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime against or involving the person of another, OCGA § 16-11-106 (b) (1). Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, Crenshaw appeals, contending that the trial judge commented on the evidence in violation of OCGA § 17-8-57 when the judge directed that the record reflect that the victim and…