Legal Opinion

Wilhite v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 8, 2016No. A16A0216PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMlLLIAN, Judge.

David Wilhite appeals the denial of his motion for new trial after a jury convicted him of aggravated sodomy, burglary, and terroristic threats. We affirm for the reasons set forth below.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, 1 the evidence showed that the victim, who was seven months pregnant, was home alone with her two-year-old daughter when she saw a man she did not know dressed in dark clothing in her mother’s room. As the man turned to look at her, the victim saw that his penis was exposed. The victim turned to run toward her daughter, and the man chased her…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Pruitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Whatley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  5. Hood v. CarstenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Abdur-Raheem Haneef Ali v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  5. Ali v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016

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