Legal Opinion

Goode v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 4, 1984No. 68285PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Judge.

Appellant was tried for and convicted of molesting his nine-year-old stepdaughter. He appeals the conviction, raising two enumerations of error. We affirm.

1. Appellant first cites as error the trial court’s refusal to direct a verdict of acquittal for appellant at the close of the State’s evidence, contending that a rational trier of fact could not have found appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The victim was the sole witness to the crime. In the course of her testimony she described what appel lant had done to her; she said that if she told anyone what he had done he…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bethay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Causey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  4. Geter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Santone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  2. Starr v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Keller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  4. Miles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. Faulkner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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