Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 21, 2014No. A14A1264PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Branch, Judge.

Montavius Thomas was tried by a Clayton County jury and found guilty on two counts of sexual battery of a child.1 He now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting the results of his police-administered polygraph examination. We find no error and affirm.

*68The facts relevant to Thomas’s appeal are undisputed. The record shows that in September 2011 the Clayton County Police Department received a report that Thomas had molested D. P, a minor child, on one or more occasions. The case was assigned to Detective James Watson,…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  2. Hester v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Beaudoin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  4. Lockett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Fatora v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. MARK Et Al. v. AGERTERCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015

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