Grooms v. State

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Adrian Grooms guilty of aggravated child molestation and aggravated sexual battery. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the admissibility of statements he made to police while in custody on an unrelated charge. Grooms also contends his trial counsel was ineffective. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Where a defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, we construe the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Moreover, on appeal we neither weigh the…