Legal Opinion

Haslam v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 5, 2017No. A17A0227PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMlLLIAN, Judge.

In this out-of-time appeal, Devon Haslam appeals from the judgment entered after a jury convicted him of rape, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment, robbery by force, and hindering a person making an emergency phone call. As his sole enumeration of error, Haslam asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for rape and two counts of aggravated sodomy.

Under Georgia law, “[a] person commits the offense ofrape[, inter alia,] when he has carnal knowledge of [an adult] female forcibly and against her will. . . . Carnal knowledge in rape occurs when there…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Adamson v. SandersSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  4. Wiggins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  5. Bradberry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. RAMIREZ v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  2. Joseph David Soler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020
  3. Kenneth Strickland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  4. Rasheed O. Jakes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2024

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