Legal Opinion

Madison v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 20, 2014No. A14A1402PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Boggs, Judge.

Lawrence Madison appeals from his convictions for child molestation, two counts of sexual battery, and aggravated sexual battery.1 He asserts the general grounds and that numerous errors below entitle him to a new trial. For the reasons explained below, we affirm Madison’s child molestation conviction. But, based upon an error in the trial court’s charge to the jury, we reverse his sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery convictions.

In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence,

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2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  4. Brewer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  5. Hendrix v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Watkins v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
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  3. Issa v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  4. Sneed v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  5. In re MadisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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