Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 20, 1991No. A91A0334PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Louis R. Jones, Jr. was convicted of molestation of a seven-year-old child and appeals. Although he filed two enumerations of error, he acknowledges in his brief that the argument for both enumerations is the same: He argues the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the testimony of the victim failed to corroborate “to any acceptable degree” the hearsay testimony of two adult witnesses who testified concerning what the victim had told them about the defendant’s acts.

First, we note that defendant requested no such instruction and is thus precluded from…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  2. Bright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  3. Cleveland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Kapua v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Kelly v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Byrd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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