Legal Opinion

Tidwell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 15, 1995No. A95A2234PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Thomas Tidwell was convicted of two counts of child molestation involving the same victim. He appeals his conviction enumerating 13 errors. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On December 16, 1992, school authorities notified the Department of Family & Children Services (“DFCS”) about a possible child abuse case involving the victim, B. C. B. C., a ten-year-old girl, was not initially cooperative with State officials but later that same day confided to her mother details of sexual abuse involving Tidwell. The next day, she accompanied her mother to the sheriff’s department and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  2. Gregg v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Gilstrap v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  4. Oller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  5. Sosebee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Medina v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Herrin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Pollard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  4. McConnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Gilchrist v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998

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