Legal Opinion

Butler v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 13, 1986No. 71320Published

1Opinion of the Court

178 Ga. App. 110 (1986)

342 S.E.2d 338

BUTLER

v.

THE STATE.

71320.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 13, 1986.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1986.

Thomas C. Sanders, for appellant.

William A. Foster III, District Attorney, Penny J. Udolf, Christine C. Daniel, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

BANKE, Chief Judge.

Gary Wayne Butler appeals his convictions of statutory rape, aggravated sodomy, and child molestation.

The alleged victim, who was seven years old at the time of trial, testified that she knew that it was important to tell the truth and that she would be in "big bad trouble" if…

Also in this document: Dissent · McMURRAY; Dissent · Benham.

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SaulSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  4. State v. ContrerasSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1969
  5. State v. SteelmanArizona Supreme Court · 1978

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