Kickery v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Keith Kickery, and his co-defendant, Carl Moore, were jointly tried and convicted of rape. Kickery brings this appeal, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court improperly admitted evidence of a similar offense allegedly committed by Kickery and Moore.

Late in the evening of July 29, 1986, the sixteen-year-old victim and three friends went to camp out on Lake Lanier near Buford Dam. They had taken along a half gallon bottle of rum, and were drinking and swimming when Kickery and Moore appeared. Kickery…