Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 13, 1999No. A99A0186PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Edward Thomas Davis was charged in Gilmer County with two counts of child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, terroristic threats, and cruelty to children in the first degree. The trial court directed a verdict of acquittal on the charge of terroristic threats. A jury found Davis guilty on the remaining charges, and judgments of conviction and sentences were entered thereon. Davis filed a motion for new trial, which was subsequently amended. The trial court denied the motion but vacated Davis’s sentence pending…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Wall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Frazier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  4. Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Howard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by16 opinions

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