Ashmore v. State

Miller, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Rodriguez Lamont Ashmore was convicted of aggravated sexual battery (OCGA § 16-6-22.2), three counts of child molestation (OCGA § 16-6-4 (a)), attempted child molestation (OCGA §§ 16-4-1 and 16-6-4 (a)), attempted aggravated child molestation (OCGA §§ 16-4-1 and 16-6-4 (c)), and statutory rape (OCGA § 16-6-3). Ashmore filed a motion for new trial and a motion in arrest of judgment, which the trial court denied. Ashmore appeals, contending that the trial court (1) applied an incorrect standard in ruling on the admissibility of a statement he made to police…