Legal Opinion

Peterson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 22, 2002No. A01A2300PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Walter Peterson was convicted of statutory rape, aggravated sexual battery, and child molestation. On appeal he contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions, (2) the trial court erred by admitting evidence of prior sexual contact between him and the victim, (3) the trial court erred by failing to give a curative instruction following objectionable testimony from one of the State’s expert witnesses, (4) the trial court erred by allowing the jury to take a videotaped interview of the victim into the jury room during…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  2. Hazelrigs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. Gibbs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  4. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Mayo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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