Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 8, 1982No. 63205PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for child molestation. Held:

1. The general grounds are without merit. The evidence was sufficient to authorize a rational jury to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

2. A medical doctor testified concerning his examination of the injured private parts of the nine-year-old female victim. In doing so he related what the victim told him about how she had suffered the injuries. The victim’s mother also told him that she had seen a bloody shirt in defendant’s car.

Defendant’s assertion that this testimony was inadmissible hearsay is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  2. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  5. Peppers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Arnold v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  2. Roberson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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