Legal Opinion
Ely v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1989No. A89A0815PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Judge.
Appellant, Junior Walter Ely, appeals his conviction and sentence of rape.
Appellant was convicted of raping a mentally retarded neighbor girl. At the time of the incident, the girl was age 14 chronologically. She is classified as being “moderately mentally handicapped,” “moderately retarded,” or of “significantly impaired intellectual ability in the range of mild mental retardation.” She functions at the level of a person between the ages of 5 and 10. She has a verbal IQ of 65; a performance IQ of 58 and a full scale IQ of 61. The appellant has a verbal IQ of 73; a performance…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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