Legal Opinion
Height v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 2, 1994No. A94A1497PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Presiding Judge.
Following a jury trial, appellant Height was convicted of one count of simple assault (OCGA § 16-5-20), one count of rape (OCGA § 16-6-1), and four counts of battery (OCGA § 16-5-23.1).
The victim, Beverly Smith, testified that she and appellant had been living together for over four years. On the afternoon of October 18, 1991, he got off work and gave her money to pay utility bills and buy groceries, which she did. After coming in and out of the house several times, he asked her for the money. When she told him that she had used it to pay the bills and buy the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Alvin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Lloyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Howard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- St. Romaine v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- Brownlee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Nashid v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
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