Freeman v. the State

McMillian, Judge.

Following a jury trial in September 2013, Emmanuel Philemon Freeman was convicted of two counts of cruelty to children in the second degree and two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree and was sentenced to twenty years, seven to serve. Freeman timely filed a motion for new trial, as amended, which the trial court denied. On appeal, Freeman challenges the sufficiency of the evidence as to each conviction and further asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial and that the State failed to prove venue on several counts. Finding no error,…