Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 1, 1997No. A97A0580PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Gregory Todd Morgan was convicted by a jury of three counts of child molestation and one count of aggravated child molestation; the court merged the child molestation counts. Morgan appeals, and for the following reasons, we affirm.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, the victim, six years old at the time of the molestation, told her aunt that Morgan had touched her in the “wrong places.” The victim also told this aunt that Morgan fondled her breasts and put his penis “on her butt.” Another aunt testified that the victim stated that she had to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Sosebee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Burris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  4. Pardo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Bright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  2. Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Prudhomme v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  5. Sherrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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