Legal Opinion
State v. Collins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 26, 1998No. S98G0496Published
1Opinion of the Court
508 S.E.2d 390 (1998)
270 Ga. 42
STATE
v.
COLLINS.
No. S98G0496.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
October 26, 1998.
John Thomas Morgan III, Dist. Atty., Lee Anne Mangone, Robert M. Coker, Asst. Dist. Attys., Decatur, for the State.
Kendal Demetrius Silas, Decatur, for William Perry Collins.
FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.
A jury convicted William Perry Collins of rape, statutory rape, and incest involving a 12-year-old girl. The court of appeals affirmed the convictions of statutory rape and incest, but reversed the rape conviction on the grounds that the state failed to show that the defendant used force.[1] We…
Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Drake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Plantation Pipe Line Co. v. City of BremenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
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