Legal Opinion

Woodruff v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 14, 1989No. A89A0366PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of two counts of aggravated child molestation. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences that were entered on the jury’s guilty verdicts.

Appellant moved for a directed verdict of acquittal, contending that the evidence was insufficient to establish venue and that the State had failed to prove that the crimes had occurred within the four-year statute of limitations. He enumerates as error the denial of his motion on both grounds.

The victims were appellant’s two young sons. The evidence established that, at…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Loftin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  2. Peavy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  2. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Adcock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  4. Flanders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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