Duncan v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Bob Jerald Duncan, Jr. was tried by a jury, convicted of child molestation and sentenced to serve 20 years. Duncan appeals his conviction and his sentence. He claims that the trial court erred by failing to grant a directed verdict of acquittal and by admitting into evidence his prior conviction for aggravated sodomy of a 14-year-old boy. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Duncan claims that the trial court should have granted his motion for directed verdict at the close of the state’s case. The standard of review for denial of a motion for directed verdict is the same as that for…