Keeler v. State, 73543
| Decision Date | 05 December 1986 |
| Docket Number | No. 73543,73543 |
| Citation | 181 Ga.App. 208,351 S.E.2d 731 |
| Parties | KEELER v. The STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
James M. Barnes, Dalton, for appellant.
Jack O. Partain III, Dist. Atty., Steven M. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.
After a bench trial, the defendant was found guilty on two counts of aggravated child molestation upon the same victim. The trial court denied the defendant's motion for new trial and this appeal followed. Held:
1. In his first and third enumerations of error the defendant contends that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict. More specifically, the defendant argues that inconsistencies in the victim's testimony raised a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. We do not agree. We have reviewed the testimony complained of by the defendant and, at best, we find the testimony raises a question as to the witness' credibility. Such questions are best resolved by the trier of fact. In re J.P., 169 Ga.App. 744, 745, 315 S.E.2d 259. See Phillips v. State, 173 Ga.App. 396(1), 326 S.E.2d 775.
In the case sub judice, the victim, who was defendant's stepchild, gave explicit testimony concerning acts committed by the defendant which constitute the crimes charged in the indictment. Next, testimony from a physician who examined the victim revealed evidence consistent with the victim's testimony concerning the method in which he was molested. Finally, the State introduced evidence showing the defendant sexually molested his other stepchildren. From this and other evidence presented at trial we find that the evidence was sufficient to enable any rational trier...
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