Legal Opinion

In the Interest of M. G.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 2, 1999No. A99A0966PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Barnes, Judge.

M. G. was adjudicated delinquent for the offense of child molestation by the Fulton County Juvenile Court. On appeal, he claims the juvenile court erred when it refused to allow him to cross-examine the State’s “outcry” witness about previous false allegations of child molestation made by this witness. We affirm.

The record shows that M. G., a twelve-year-old boy, was charged with two counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of statutory rape after his four-year-old female cousin, Q. R, reported to her grandfather, G. G., that M. G. had placed his penis in her vagina,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  4. Lingerfelt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Barlow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Goldstein v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Douglas v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  3. Slade v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  4. Ray v. the State.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  5. In Re MGCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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