Legal Opinion

Hall v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 6, 2002No. A02A0587PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

Burnam Melvin Hall appeals his convictions of two counts of child molestation and two counts of distributing obscene material. He claims that the trial court erred by (1) not allowing him to present evidence that one of the alleged victims had made a prior false accusation of sexual misconduct against a different man, and (2) charging the jury on the entire statutory definition of distributing obscene material. Because both claims lack merit, we affirm.

The charges against Hall arose from separate incidents on different dates. With respect to the first incident, the State’s…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  3. Tyson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Palmer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
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  3. Cheek v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  4. Roberts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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