MacHado v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Jose Miquel Machado, Jr., was indicted for child molestation and convicted of criminal attempt to commit child molestation. He claims that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, the trial court erroneously allowed hearsay testimony and improper bolstering from the victim’s mother, the prosecutor engaged in improper cross-examination, the trial court erred in its jury charge, and he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Because we conclude that Machado’s claims lack merit or were waived, we affirm.

The evidence showed that on June 10, 2006, 14-year-old A.…