Legal Opinion

ALLEN v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 3, 2018No. A18A0480PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Laverne Lee Allen 1 of incest, rape, child molestation, and aggravated child molestation, stemming from his sexual abuse of two of his children. Allen now appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion for new trial, challenging his convictions on grounds of (1) insufficient evidence; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel; (3) admission of impermissible character evidence; (4) prejudicial admonishments from the courtroom deputy; and (5) the improper limitation of examination of a witness.

We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to support the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. DillonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. United States v. Grady William PowersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  5. People v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994

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