Billy Ray Hutto v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ April 19, 2023 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A23A0496. BILLY RAY HUTTO v. THE STATE. In February 2018, a jury found Billy Ray Hutto guilty of several counts of child molestation, aggravated child molestation, and aggravated sodomy. Several of his charges merged, and he was given a life sentence, with the first 60 years to serve in confinement. In March 2018, Hutto filed a motion for new trial, asserting inter alia1 that the State failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and, even if his…