Strickland v. State

479 S.E.2d 125 (1996)

223 Ga. App. 772

STRICKLAND

v.

The STATE.

No. A96A0990.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 4, 1996.

Certiorari Denied March 7, 1997.

William W. Keith III, Chatsworth, Karen E. Luffman, Dalton, for appellant.

Roger G. Queen, District Attorney, for appellee.

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…