Barlow v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Timothy Bryan Barlow was convicted of two counts of molesting a seven-year-old child, and the court denied his amended motion for new trial. A videotaped interview of the child by a police detective is the subject of Barlow’s two enumerations of error. He challenges its admission as evidence and the court’s refusal to permit expert evidence concerning interview techniques used. Neither enumeration requires a new trial.

1. Barlow contends the videotape was incompetent evidence because it did not reveal “sufficient indicia of reliability” as required by OCGA § 24-3-16,…