Legal Opinion
May v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 30, 2014No. S14A0309PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Justice.
This case concerns the meaning of OCGA § 19-7-5, whichrequires school teachers 1 and certain other persons, 2 if they have “reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused,” to make a report of such abuse. OCGA § 19-7-5 (c) (1) (H). The statute defines “child abuse” to include “[s]exual abuse of a child,” 3 OCGA § 19-7-5 (b) (4) (C), and it defines “sexual abuse” to include nine specified varieties of sexual activity involving a child. 4 OCGA § 19-7-5 (b) (10) (A)-(I). The statute makes it a crime for a person required to make such a report to “knowingly and…
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