Howard v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Carl Howard appeals his convictions for rape, incest, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, and aggravated child molestation (two counts). Howard argues that the trial court erred in (i) denying his special demurrer that focused on the lack of a specific date for the crimes, (ii) admitting expert testimony on child sexual abuse syndrome, (iii) denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on the rape charge, (iv) failing to merge the incest and rape charges and the aggravated sodomy and aggravated child molestation charges,…