Askew v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Chief Judge.
After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of rape and robbery. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the guilty verdicts.
1. Appellant enumerates the general grounds.
The victim never saw the face of the man who raped and robbed her. However, two witnesses identified appellant as the man they had seen in the area at the approximate time the crimes were committed. Scientific evidence was incriminatory of appellant. The witnesses presented in support of appellant’s defense of alibi were thoroughly impeached. We find that a…
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