Palmer v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Timothy Palmer guilty of two counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of statutory rape, 1 and the trial court denied his motion for a new trial. On appeal, Palmer contends that the trial court committed reversible error in violation of OCGA § 17-8-57 by giving a jury instruction on statements by a child describing sexual contact or physical abuse in which the court expressed an opinion regarding the reliability of the child’s statements. Because we determined in Rolland v. State, 296 Ga. App. 889, 891 (676 SE2d 296) (2009), and Starr v. State,…