Postell v. State

Hunt, Justice.

In Postell v. State, 200 Ga. App. 208 (407 SE2d 412) (1991) the Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s convictions for rape and robbery by intimidation. We granted the defendant’s application for certiorari to determine whether the trial court should have charged the jury on circumstantial evidence, as the defendant requested, and whether the trial court properly excluded evidence regarding a prior claim of rape by the victim.

1. In Robinson v. State, 261 Ga. 698 (410 SE2d 116) (1991) we held that “where the state’s case depends, in whole or in part, on circumstantial…