Legal Opinion

Floyd v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 25, 1989No. A89A1203PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant was indicted for three counts of aggravated child molestation. According to the allegations of the indictment, the molestations involved acts of sodomy. See OCGA § 16-6-4 (c). Appellant was tried before a jury and was found guilty of all three counts. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts.

Appellant’s sole enumeration is that the trial court erroneously failed to charge, without written request, on the definition of “sodomy.” “ ‘In the absence of request, the court’s failure to define the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Spaulding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  2. Craft v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  3. Garner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  4. Ricks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McGee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  3. Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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