Reinhard v. State

The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for rape, aggravated sexual battery, child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes for acts he committed against his daughter and his roommate's niece.

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A jury convicted Andrew C. Reinhard of rape OCGA § 16-6-1 a 1, aggravated sexual battery OCGA § 16-6-22.2 b, and four counts of child molestation OCGA § 16-6-4 a 1 against his daughter, as well as enticing a child for indecent purposes OCGA § 16-6-5 a and two counts of child molestation against his roommate’s niece.1 Reinhard appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial, contending that: 1 insufficient evidence supported the verdict; 2 the trial court should have excluded the testimony of two bolstering witnesses; 3 the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial after a witness testified that Reinhard’s daughter suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD; 4 the trial court erred in denying his request for a continuance or a mistrial based on the State’s late disclosure of discovery; and 5 the trial court erred in denying his request for a mistrial based on the State’s improper opening argument. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict,2 the record shows that Reinhard’s daughter and son lived with their mother and visited Reinhard on weekends. Reinhard’s daughter, who was 13 years old at trial, testified that when she was 12 years old, Reinhard frequently asked her to undress in front of him and touched her in his bedroom at his home in Warner Robins. Reinhard touched, kissed, and licked his daughter’s breasts on numerous occasions. Reinhard also grabbed his daughter’s hand and made her touch his “thingy.” Two or three times, Reinhard touched the inside and outside of her vagina with his finger. Reinhard also touched the inside and outside of her vagina with his penis more times than she could count. Reinhard’s daughter told her father “no,” but he would not stop. Reinhard’s daughter described how he got on top of her, put his “thingy” in her, far enough in that it hurt, and moved up and down.

Reinhard v. State

The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for rape, aggravated sexual battery, child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes for acts he committed against his daughter and his roommate's niece.

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