This case arises out of allegations by three minor children that their babysitter, David Sullivan, forced them to perform sex acts with him and with each other. The jury found Sullivan guilty of one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes, ten counts of child molestation, one count of aggravated child molestation, and three counts of cruelty to children in the first degree. The trial court denied his amended motion for new trial. On appeal, Sullivan raises the general grounds and contends that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a continuance, by allowing the state to introduce certain statements he claims were inadmissible hearsay, and by denying his motion for a mistrial. Sullivan also contends that he received ineffective assistance from his trial counsel. Finding no reversible error, we affirm. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury verdict. Millender v. State , 286 Ga. App. 331 1 648 SE2d 777 2007. So viewed, the evidence shows that the sexual crimes occurred in the summer of 2002 when Sullivan, age 15, was babysitting the three child victims. W. B., a female child, was nine years old; her brother, W. P. B., was three years old; and her female friend, T. W., was eight years old. T. W. had spent the previous night at the home of W. B. and W. P. B., and T. W. was waiting for her mother to pick her up that afternoon.
Because the usual babysitter was not available, Sullivan had agreed to babysit the three children and had arrived early that morning. After the children ate breakfast and watched television, Sullivan told them to go into the parent’s bedroom. The children entered the bedroom, and Sullivan shut and locked the door after them. Sullivan sat on the bed and brandished a handgun that he had taken from the dresser beside the bed. Threatening the children with the handgun, Sullivan forced T. W. and W. P. B. to take their clothes off, to kiss with open mouths, and to lie on top of each other on the bed. While on the bed, Sullivan also forced W. P. B. to touch and lick T. W.’s vaginal area, and T. W. to touch W. P. B.’s genital area. Sullivan made W. B. watch and threatened to kill her if she tried to leave the room or call her parents. Eventually, Sullivan told T. W. and W. P. B. to stop and put back on their clothes. Sullivan unlocked the door, threatened to kill the children if they told anyone, and told them that they would get in trouble if anyone found out.
