Legal Opinion

Thompson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 18, 1988No. 75566PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, aggravated sodomy and two counts of rape. The evidence adduced at trial, construed most favorably to support the jury’s verdicts, showed that the victim, who was under 14 years of age at the time, went to her bedroom for the night on November 5, 1986, and, shortly thereafter, defendant entered the victim’s bedroom, locked the door and committed acts which constitute child molestation. Defendant then forced the victim from her bedroom to his automobile, which was parked behind the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Little v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Hambrick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  5. Cannon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Earnest v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  2. McKibbons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Potts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Carver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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