Court of Appeals of Georgia May 1, 1998, A98A1016 (Heard v. State)

Blackburn, Judge.

John Clinton Heard was convicted of two counts of child molestation and two counts of cruelty to children. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that the child cruelty charges merged with the molestation charges, and that the trial court erred in allowing hearsay evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

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