Legal Opinion

Cox v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 1, 1985No. 69273PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of two counts of molesting his 13-year-old daughter. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the jury’s verdict.

1. Over objection, the State was allowed to elicit testimony from three of appellant’s other daughters that he had also molested them. All three of these witnesses were adults, but the acts of molestation to which they testified had all occurred when they were adolescents. Since the witnesses ranged in age from 23 to 31, their testimony related to acts perpetrated by appellant some 17 to 22…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  2. Phelps v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  3. Staggers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  4. Henry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Sears v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  2. Hammock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  4. Plante v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991

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