Dupree v. State

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Jeffery Luke Dupree was convicted of aggravated child molestation, statutory rape, incest, cruelty to a child, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and two counts of aggravated sodomy in connection with offenses against his eight-year-old stepdaughter. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. Appellant contends in two enumerations that the trial court’s decision to admit certain evidence of the victim’s statements pursuant to OCGA § 24-3-16 was error because the circumstances of the statements did not provide sufficient indicia of reliability.(a) The…