State v. Butler

256 Ga. 448 (1986)

349 S.E.2d 684

THE STATE

v.

BUTLER.

43317.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 29, 1986.

Reconsideration Denied November 25, 1986.

W. A. Foster III, District Attorney, Christine C. Daniel, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Lane & Sanders, Thomas C. Sanders, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

We granted the state's application for certiorari in this case after the Court of Appeals reversed Gary Wayne Butler's convictions for statutory rape, aggravated sodomy and child molestation. The Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in allowing the pediatrician, who had…