Legal Opinion

Heard v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 1, 1998No. A98A1016PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Judge.

John Clinton Heard was convicted of two counts of child molestation and two counts of cruelty to children. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that the child cruelty charges merged with the molestation charges, and that the trial court erred in allowing hearsay evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

1. In his first enumeration, Heard contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. However, the section of Heard’s brief discussing this enumeration consists entirely of a statement of the applicable…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Herndon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Edmonson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  4. LeGallienne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Guest v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Curtis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  2. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  3. Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008

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