Legal Opinion

Chambers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 12, 1978No. 53300PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendant Chambers was convicted of statutory rape of the daughter of a woman with whom he was living. On appeal, this court reversed the conviction on the basis that there was "no corroborative evidence to the testimony of the alleged victim tending to prove the incident occurred...” The Supreme Court reversed on certiorari, holding that "polygraph results were adequate to provide the corroboration of the victim’s testimony required by Code Ann. § 26-2018.” Famber v. State, 134 Ga. App. 112 (213 SE2d 525), which stated that polygraph results are inadmissible and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. ReaganMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Famber v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  2. Rutledge v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1985
  3. State v. MeadowsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  4. Camp v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Baxter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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