Riddick v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.
After a third trial on the same charge,1 William Riddick was convicted of child molestation. He appeals his conviction, contending that: (1) the evidence was insufficient; (2) the trial court erred by declaring a mistrial during the first trial; (3) the trial court erred in its charge to the jury on prior inconsistent statements; and (4) his trial attorney in the third trial was ineffective. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
1. Riddick contends that the evidence was insufficient because there was no testimonial evidence that he “put his finger in [the victim]’s…
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