Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 17, 1996No. A96A1702PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with rape, statutory rape, and two counts of child molestation. At defendant’s jury trial, the then 13-year-old victim, “K. R.,” testified that she went to live with her mother in June 1994. This was when K. R. was 12. Defendant, who “was [K. R.’s] mama’s boyfriend,” also lived there. One day after school, defendant told K. R. “to take [her] panties off and lay on the floor [of her mother’s bedroom].” Defendant was clad only in shorts. He pulled them off, and “he had sex with [K. R.].” “His penis touched [K. R.’s] vagina, . . .…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Grier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  4. King v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Searcy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Howard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Daniel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  4. Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Atkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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