Legal Opinion
Knight v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 20, 1993No. A93A0919PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
The defendant, Tommy Joe Knight, was indicted for the rape, armed robbery, and kidnapping of a co-worker. Following a trial by jury, he was found guilty of rape and kidnapping, and was acquitted of the armed robbery offense. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape offense and 20 years’ imprisonment for kidnapping, to serve consecutively. This appeal followed.
The evidence produced at trial shows that on the morning of April 5, 1991, as the victim walked her routine path to her place of employment, someone suddenly jumped out of the bushes and grabbed her from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Prater v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Greenway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Mathis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Parks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
- Dean v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Dukes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
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