Melton v. State

252 Ga. 97 (1984)

311 S.E.2d 471

MELTON

v.

THE STATE.

40443.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 31, 1984.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1984.

Nathan B. Deaton, Harvey A. Monroe, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Margaret V. Lines, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Presiding Justice.

This is a case in which a convicted child-molester argued, for the first time at his sentencing hearing, that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to prove venue in the county of the superior court in which the trial was held, i.e., Fulton County. Therefore, the defendant…