Legal Opinion

Deyton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 4, 1987No. 73924PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Baxter Deyton was convicted by jury of two counts of aggravated child molestation involving oral sodomy and one count of child molestation all with his 13-year-old step-grandchild. He was sentenced to 20 years on each count with twelve to serve followed by 8 years of probation, all to run concurrently. Deyton brings this appeal enumerating four errors. Held:

1. Treating the third enumeration of error first, Deyton complains the evidence presented to the jury was insufficient as a matter of law to support the findings of guilty by the jury and should have been the basis…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cuzzort v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  2. Birge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Decker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  4. Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Hudson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Jennette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  2. Hayes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Ramos v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  4. Claypool v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  5. Sewell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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