Jennette v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was indicted on five counts of sexual assault against persons in custody pursuant to OCGA § 16-6-5.1, and five counts of simple battery pursuant to OCGA § 16-5-23. At the time of his arrest, appellant was the Jr. ROTC instructor for the Rockdale County school system. The indictments were based upon statements from five of appellant’s female students that appellant had touched them in intimate areas in a sexual manner at school during school hours. These five students testified at trial, and two former students of appellant testified as to similar incidents in which…