Marlow v. the State

Ellington, Presiding Judge.

A Hall County jury found Larry Marlow guilty of rape, OCGA § 16-6-1 (a) (1), and false imprisonment, OCGA § 16-5-41 (a). Marlow appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, contending that the trial court erred in charging the jury and that the prosecutor made an improper closing argument. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, 2 the record shows the following. In July 2013, the victim, a recovering drug addict and homeless mother of three young children, accepted Marlow’s invitation to move into…