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Following a jury trial, Jesus Camacho Chavez was convicted of aggravated child molestation1 and child molestation.2 Chavez appeals, arguing that the State failed to prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt. We affirm, for reasons that follow. We view the evidence on appeal in the light most favorable to the verdict, and no longer presume the defendant is innocent. We do not weigh the evidence or decide the witnesses’ credibility, but only determine if the evidence is sufficient to sustain the convictions. We construe the evidence and all reasonable inferences from the evidence most strongly in favor of the jury’s verdict.3 So viewed, the evidence shows that in 2000 or 2001, B. P. and her family, including her husband and four children, lived with Chavez and his daughter in a three-bedroom, two-bathroom trailer on Athens Highway in Hall County. Two of B. P.’s sons, G. T. and J. T., were six and five years old, respectively, at the time. Four months later, B. P. and her family moved to a two-bedroom, two-bathroom trailer in the same trailer park.4 In 2002, B. P. found G. T. and J. T. under a blanket, “touching their private parts.” When B. P. asked them who had taught them to do that, G. T. stated that Chavez “taught them.” Because she “did not want to accept what was happening to her children,” B. P. did not report the allegations. In 2003, the children’s school told B. P. that G. T. had touched “the private parts” of another child. When B. P. asked what had happened, G. T. repeated his previous allegations regarding Chavez. Specifically, G. T. told his mother and a school counselor that Chavez touched G. T.’s privates and put his own “private” in G. T.’s hand and “backside.” G. T. also reported that Chavez put his private in J. T.’s hand and mouth.

The State charged Chavez with child molestation and aggravated child molestation against G. T. and child molestation and aggravated child molestation against J. T. G. T., who was 13 years old at the time of the trial, testified against Chavez; J. T. did not testify. At the conclusion of the evidence, the jury found Chavez guilty of the crimes against G. T. and not guilty of the charges involving J. T.

 
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