Legal Opinion
Burgess v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 5, 1989No. 77186PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Burgess appeals his conviction and sentence for child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 (a). Burgess was indicted for statutory rape, OCGA § 16-6-3. He does not appeal his conviction and sentence for escape, OCGA § 16-10-52, despite his challenge to the fairness of the trial.
The evidence viewed so as to uphold the verdict, Thomas v. State, 175 Ga. App. 873, 874 (1) (334 SE2d 903) (1985), showed the following: Burgess took his girl friend’s three young children to visit a neighbor’s farm. He instructed the six-year-old and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Gamble v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Pryor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Aldridge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- Shaw v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Messick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Burgess v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Cato v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
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