Legal Opinion
Gant v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 15, 2011No. A11A1566PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Judge.
A Columbia County jury found Willie Gant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 (a) (1); enticing a child for indecent purposes, OCGA § 16-6-5 (a); and incest, OCGA § 16-6-22 (a) (1). He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the tried court erred in admitting certain evidence. For the following reasons, we affirm.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict,1 the evidence shows the following facts. Gant married the victim’s mother in 2002, when the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Grier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Whorton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Smarr v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Madison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
- Thompson v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
- Ruffin v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
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