Gallagher v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Gallagher first met the child-victim and her parents when they became his patients at the public clinic operated by the chiropractic college where he was a student. After graduation Gallagher moved to another state but returned to Georgia to take his National Board examinations, and was the house guest of the victim’s family. The child-molestation incident which led to Gallagher’s arrest and the proceedings below occurred during that time.

At trial the child’s mother testified that the daughter had told her of the alleged molestation the morning after it took…