White v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Johnny F. White was tried and convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated child molestation in Lee County, Georgia. He appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial. We affirm.

1. Defendant contends that the State failed to prove venue as to both counts. Count one of the indictments concerned an incident that allegedly occurred on April 7, 1988, when the defendant, against medical advice, removed the victim, his eight-year-old daughter, from Southwest Regional Hospital, where she had been placed because of severe behavioral problems. According to…