Garrison v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Garrison was charged by indictment with the offense of aggravated child molestation and convicted of the lesser included offense of child molestation. Held:

The child was three years old at the time of the crime of which defendant was convicted, and four years old at trial. The inquiry which resulted in the prosecution of defendant began when a discoloration initially thought to be blood was discovered on the child’s panties. Interviews with the child, by employees of the Rabun County Department of Family & Children Services (“DFACS”), produced statements by…