356 S.E.2d 753 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1987
The appellant, M. G. Bradley, was convicted of two counts of child molestation. On appeal, he contends that the trial court should
2. The trial court allowed defense counsel to ask individual questions of the jurors during voir dire, but disallowed examination of each juror outside the presence of the others. The right to individual examination of jurors does not encompass isolated examination. Stevens v. State, 247 Ga. 698 (278 SE2d 398) (1981). Defense counsel in this case was allowed to question each juror thoroughly, and we find no abuse of discretion in the denial of his request for isolated voir dire. Simmons v. State, 168 Ga. App. 1 (308 SE2d 27) (1983).
3. The modus operandi included buying Coca Colas, Pepsi Colas, candy and giving twenty dollar bills to the 10 and 11-year-old victims in order to coax and lure them into his trailer where he placed his hands on their privates. Compare Howell v. State, 172 Ga. App. 805, 808 (324 SE2d 754) (1984). The appellant concedes that the evidence authorized a rational trier of fact to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of both counts of child molestation, but contends that the evidence also was sufficiently close to warrant the trial court’s exercise of discretion to grant a new trial. The trial court could have granted a new trial, but no abuse of discretion resulted from the refusal to do so in this case.
Judgment affirmed.