Hall v. State

I am compelled to specially concur because I do not believe the inferential evidence of venue in this case is sufficient to authorize the jury’s finding, beyond a reasonable doubt, that defendant committed aggravated child molestation in Catoosa County, Georgia as alleged in the indictment. Because venue was not an issue at trial, however, I believe that slight evidence is sufficient to satisfy Georgia’s venue requirement in the case sub judice and that the circumstantial evidence of venue cited by the majority is more than sufficient to authorize the jury’s finding that venue was proper in…