Hightower v. State

189 Ga. App. 553 (1988)

376 S.E.2d 717

HIGHTOWER

v.

THE STATE.

77095.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1988.

Walter J. Lane, Jr., for appellant.

Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Robin B. Odom, Thomas J. Matthews, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

CARLEY, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of one count of forcible rape and one count of statutory rape. Appellant appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the jury's guilty verdicts and from the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. The trial court's asserted failure to consider…