Legal Opinion

Swift v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 8, 1997No. A97A2502PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Lester Swift, Jr., appeals his conviction of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, and incest of his four-year-old stepdaughter. He enumerates two errors. Held:

1. Appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, and incest. The child victim, who was the stepdaughter of appellant, testified at trial that appellant had hurt her “[r]ight here.” (Note: The State for reasons unknown to this Court failed to identify for the record the exact places on the body to which the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  4. Farley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Oller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Condra v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  4. Lee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. Myrick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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