Legal Opinion

Kidd v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 7, 2002No. A02A1977PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Eldridge, Judge.

A Dawson County jury found Homer Lee Kidd guilty of child molestation for acts he committed against his six-year-old granddaughter. He appeals, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; that the trial court erred by refusing to admit into evidence a certified copy of conviction of a third party in order to show another person may have committed the indicted act; and that Kidd received ineffective assistance of counsel. These claims of error are meritless, and we affirm.

1. The evidence, viewed in a light to uphold the verdict, was sufficient to support…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Ponder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Rudisail v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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