Legal Opinion
Douglas v. the State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 8, 2017No. A16A1488PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DILLARD, Presiding Judge.
Following a jury trial, James Vernon Douglas was found guilty on one count of child molestation for viewing a pornographic video with his then four-year-old daughter. Douglas appeals from this conviction, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to (1) excuse a juror for cause and (2) allow the defense to question the victim’s mother as to her own previous false allegation of child molestation. For the reasons set forth infra, we affirm Douglas’s conviction.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, 2 the record reflects that in the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Olds v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
- United States v. NovationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Bradshaw v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- State v. SpringerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- United States v. Burson AugustinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
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3Cited by13 opinions
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