Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 6, 1987No. 73851Published

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for burglary and criminal attempt to commit rape. A jury found appellant guilty of both crimes. Appellant appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions. The only enumeration is that evidence of appellant’s commission of a prior sexual offense was erroneously admitted into evidence in this case. “If evidence is relevant and material to an issue in [a] case, it is not inadmissible because it incidentally puts the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  2. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Fambro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Wimberly v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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