Stegall v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

LaQuanda Stegall appeals her conviction on two counts of cruelty to children, 1 asserting that the trial court erred in denying her motion to either declare a mistrial based on the admission of hearsay statements made by one of Stegall’s victims or, in the alternative, to strike such hearsay testimony. Finding that the trial court properly admitted the hearsay statements pursuant to OCGA § 24-3-16, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Daugherty v. State, 2 the record shows that Stegall was indicted on three counts of cruelty to children.…