Bharadia v. State

Benham, Justice.

In 2003, a jury convicted appellant Sandeep Bharadia of burglary, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery with respect to his breaking into the victim’s apartment and physically attacking her. Additional details of the facts shown at trial are set forth in the opinion of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the trial court’s denial of appellant’s initial motion for new trial (Bharadia v. State, 282 Ga. App. 556 (639 SE2d 545) (2006) (Bharadia I)), and the Court of Appeals opinion affirming the trial court’s denial of appellant’s extraordinary motion for new trial.…