Legal Opinion

Wells v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 22, 1996No. A96A0953PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Joe Henry Wells was convicted by a jury on two counts of child molestation (OCGA § 16-6-4) and two counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes (OCGA § 16-6-5). The trial court sentenced him to ten years to serve on each of the enticement counts, fifteen years to serve on the first child molestation count, and fifteen years probation for the second child molestation count. On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of hearsay evidence which bolstered the victim’s story, and the trial court’s failure to merge the child…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gregg v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Horne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  4. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. Greer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Medina v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Leon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  5. Basu v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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