State v. Griffith

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Chief Judge.

The State charged Robert Griffith (Defendant), a school bus driver, with nine sex offenses involving four children. Five counts were dropped before trial. A jury acquitted Defendant of three others, but convicted him of molesting five-year-old P.S. (Child) 1 and recommended the minimum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.

Defendant’s eight appeal points allege juror misconduct, instructional error, and insufficiency of the evidence. For clarity and brevity, we reference facts adduced before, during, and after trial in the context of each point. We begin with Point…