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Ortiz v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 7, 1996No. A96A0847PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Miguel Ortiz was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, incest, and battery against the victim, his 15-year-old niece. Ortiz enumerates six errors.

The victim lived with Ortiz, his wife and three children, two of Ortiz’s brothers and her mother. As she accompanied Ortiz on some errands, Ortiz detoured, turned off on a rural road and stopped. While on this isolated dirt road, Ortiz beat, raped, and sodomized his young niece. Shortly afterwards, Ortiz and the victim were involved in a single car accident in which their vehicle flipped over. The victim immediately ran from…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Timberlake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  4. Warren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  5. Trammel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hendrix v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Leon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  4. Espy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  5. Rowe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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