Perry v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

Under Ga. L. 1978, p. 3 (Code Ann. § 26-2001) the testimony of the 17-year-old victim is, as in other crimes, sufficient of itself if believed and if legally adequate to sustain the conviction of rape. The victim described in detail how as she was walking home from an eating establishment at night she was pursued into nearby woods by the defendant, who tore off her clothes from the waist down and proceeded to rape her. She testified with particularity that there was penetration. This testimony is supported by (a) a nearby resident who heard her scream; (b) police who arrived…