Carruth v. State

Adams, Judge.

Poneil Carruth was convicted by a jury of three counts of armed robbery, two counts of kidnapping, four counts of rape, one count of robbery and two counts of burglary. He appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial, and we affirm.

The charges against Carruth arose in connection with a series of assaults committed against four different women in Clarke County over a period of several months in 1996. DNA samples were taken from each of the four rape victims at the time of the incidents. No DNA matches were discovered until 1999 when Detective David Leedall of the…