Legal Opinion

Westbrooks v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 21, 2011No. A11A0167PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Dillard, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Donald Westbrooks was convicted on one count of aggravated child molestation and three counts of child molestation. Westbrooks appeals his convictions and the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court erred in allowing one of the State’s witnesses to improperly bolster the victim’s credibility. For the reasons set forth infra, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s guilty verdict,1 the evidence shows that in March 2006, five-year-old S. W came to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  3. English v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. Odom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  5. Goolsby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Westbrooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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