Kirton v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Francis Kirton was convicted of incest, statutory rape, and two counts of child molestation based on the following evidence: (1) his ten-year-old stepdaughter stated on the stand and in a videotaped interview that he had repeatedly engaged in sexual intercourse with her over a period of years, (2) a physician testified that she disclosed the abuse to him and that he examined her and found definite evidence of repeated and prolonged vaginal penetration, (3) three other *671witnesses testified that she reported the sexual abuse to them, including an instance of fondling, and (4)…
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