BLACKBURN, Chief Judge.
Bo Rodley Hightower appeals his conviction by a jury of statutory rape, child molestation, and cruelty to children in the first degree. He argues that the trial court erred in: (1) denying his motion for directed verdict on the charge of cruelty to children; (2) charging the jury on the definition of a crime; (3) instructing the jury that proof of force is not necessary to establish a charge of statutory rape; and he further argues that (4...
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