Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 6, 1996No. A96A1660PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with aggravated sodomy, for acts allegedly committed against the victim, “C. H.” The evidence adduced at defendant’s jury trial revealed that on July 29, 1993, both he and C. H. were inmates at the Clarke County jail. C. H. had been placed in administrative segregation “for his own safety.” C. H. was described as “a little bit slow.” He takes the medications “Cogentin [daily] and a Haldol shot once a month[, . . . for] bad nerves and stuff like that. . . .” When C. H. accidentally broke a radio he had borrowed, defendant told…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Earnest v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  4. Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Thrasher v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Brooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Eller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  5. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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