Strickland v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury convicted John Strickland of cruelty to children and child molestation. He appeals the judgment of conviction. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

1. Strickland contends that the trial court erred in denying his written request for a jury charge on the offense of sexual battery. He claims that on the facts of his case, sexual battery was a lesser included offense of child molestation as a matter of fact and that he was, therefore, entitled to a charge on that offense. We address this *773contention first and at length because it raises a number of issues regarding lesser…