Wetzel v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Jeremy Wetzel was a high school paraprofessional who engaged in highly inappropriate, sexually oriented electronic communications with a 15-year-old student, which included e-mailing her two photographs of his erect penis. The question in this case is whether Wetzel’s conduct, as it was alleged in the indictment the State brought against him, violated the criminal statutes with which he was charged. At trial, the jury acquitted Wetzel of child molestation in violation of OCGA § 16-6-4 (a) (2) (Count 2), but it convicted him of computer pornography and child…