Whitehead v. State

MIKELL, Judge.

In Whitehead v. State, 1 the Court of Appeals affirmed Richard Dennis Whitehead’s conviction under OCGA § 16-6-5.1 (b) for sexual assault against a person enrolled in a school. Whitehead’s conviction followed a bench trial, at which the evidence showed that he, while a teacher at Bainbridge High School, engaged in sexual contact within the meaning of OCGA § 16-6-5.1 (a) (4) 2 with J. A. R, a 17-year-old student registered at the school. The facts are more fully set forth in our prior decision in Whitehead, 3

Whitehead challenged his conviction on several grounds, including…