Palencia v. State

313 Ga. 625

FINAL COPY S21G0949. PALENCIA v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Francisco Palencia was convicted of several offenses arising from a home invasion and sexual assault upon V. M.1 Palencia appealed his convictions to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed his convictions and found no reversible error. See Palencia v. State,

359 Ga. App. 307

( 855 SE2d 782) (2021). Palencia filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court arguing that the Court of Appeals erred by determining that the trial court did not plainly err by failing to charge the jury on the requirement under OCGA § 24-14- 1…