Legal Opinion

Esco v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 13, 1991No. A90A1684PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant appeals his convictions for rape, aggravated sodomy, burglary, and cruelty to children. He enumerates two bases of error: the admission of the testimony of a GBI agent as to prior consistent statements made by one of the victims and the general grounds.

Viewing the evidence in favor of the verdict, it appears that Joyce Rawlings and her four-year-old son, Nicholas, were awakened at approximately 1:30 a.m. by a man standing beside the bed wearing a blue bandanna over his face and holding a knife against her throat. The man ordered Ms. Rawlings to roll over, and she…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Moon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  3. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Hayes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McGee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  2. Satterwhite v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  3. Hilburn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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