Gaines v. the State

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Markese Gaines guilty of child molestation. The trial court denied Gaines’s motion for new trial, and he appeals, arguing that: the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction; the trial court erred in denying his motions for mistrial and to supplement the record; the state improperly commented on his exercise of the right to remain silent; and he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Finding no basis for reversal, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, “the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict,…