Barnes v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

Barnes was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated assault. He appeals the denial of his motion for new trial. Held:

1. The appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, claiming that there was no corroboration of the victim’s testimony. There is no longer any requirement that the victim’s testimony in a rape case be corroborated. See Ga. L. 1978, p. 3, § 1; Cuzzort v. State, 173 Ga. App. 157 (1) (325 SE2d 826) (1984), aff’d 254 Ga. 745 (334 SE2d 661) (1985). Moreover, the victim’s testimony in this case was in fact corroborated by the evidence of…