Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 28, 1975No. 30257PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ingram, Justice.

The appellant is a 38-year-old man who was convicted of rape and kidnapping and received two concurrent 15-year sentences in Cobb Superior Court. We have reviewed the enumerations of error and find no basis for reversal of the trial court’s judgment.

The facts of the case may be briefly summarized as follows: The prosecutrix, a 14-year-old girl, was babysitting at appellant’s home for appellant’s wife. The appellant came home around 8 o’clock p.m. with food and soft drinks for all the children and for the prosecutrix. Shortly thereafter, appellant tried to put his arms around…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Lowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
  4. Hooks v. THE STATESupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Roberts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Rolland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  5. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008

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