A jury found David Branesky guilty of five counts of child molestation and one count of aggravated sexual battery for acts committed against his son and daughter, who were seven and five years old at the time of the offenses. He appeals from the conviction entered on the jury’s verdict, arguing that the state failed to prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel, and that the evidence was insufficient to prove one of the child molestation charges. None of the enumerations has merit, so we affirm the convictions. Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that five-year-old M. B. and seven-year-old L. B. went to live with their aunt and uncle in January 2000. The children’s mother had left the children with her grandmother, but the grandmother was not able to care for the children. Their father, Branesky, was in California in the military for about two months.
One night the children’s uncle, Lee Collins, went into the children’s bedroom and found the children in bed together. L. B., the male child, was on top of M. B. Her brother L. B.’s pants were pulled down, M. B.’s gown was pulled up, and L. B. was kissing his sister and acting as if he was having sexual intercourse with her. M. B. was crying, telling him to stop, and trying to push him away. When Collins confronted the children, L. B. began to cry. Collins asked L. B. where he learned to do that. He replied that his father taught him. Collins then asked M. B. who taught her to act like that, and she replied that her father had. M. B. also told Collins that Branesky had touched her “privates.” M. B. told Collins’ wife that Branesky had touched her vagina with his fingers and that he tried to put his private part inside her private part, but that it would not fit.
