O'KELLEY v. State

Beasley, Judge.

O’Kelley was charged, tried and convicted of three counts of child molestation, five counts of aggravated sodomy and one count of rape. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and the procedure employed in sentencing.

1. Appellant maintains that the court erred in instructing the jury that defense witnesses and the appellant had violated the rule of sequestration and that the jury should weigh that fact when evaluating the witnesses’ (defendant’s two children) credibility.

First of all, the judge’s instruction, given in the course of the daughter’s testimony, related only to…