Legal Opinion

Payne v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 8, 1982No. 64185PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction for child molestation. Held:

1. The first two enumerations of error complain of the admission of certain evidence over the objection that it was hearsay. The evidence in question related to the testimony of a neighbor and of the mother of three children, who were the victims, as to what they were told by the three children about incidents of the crime. The three children all testified at the trial and gave essentially and substantially similar testimony as to the events which transpired, although their testimony was not entirely…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Mooney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Arnold v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Harrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  5. Decker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Walls v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  2. Hagood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Russell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Spaulding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984

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