Legal Opinion

McClendon v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 24, 1988No. 76093PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Beasley, Judge.

Appellant’s three enumerations of error, aimed at the denial of the motion for directed verdict, the denial of new trial, and the verdict, all complain that there was no evidence corroborating the victim’s testimony that she was raped by him when she returned from school on the afternoon of February 13, 1986. The issue, in this appeal from a conviction for statutory rape, is thus the sufficiency of the evidence. See Stinson v. State, 185 Ga. App. 543 (364 SE2d 910) (1988); Towns v. State, 185 Ga. App. 545 (365 SE2d 137) (1988).

The statute cautions that “no conviction shall be…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Towns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Stinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  5. Burnett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Long v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Byars v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. Cook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991

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