Legal Opinion

Towns v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 29, 1990No. A90A1336PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant and a co-defendant were tried before a jury and both were found guilty of rape. The conviction and sentence entered against appellant’s co-defendant was affirmed by this court in Ford v. State, 189 Ga. App. 395 (376 SE2d 418) (1988). Appellant now appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered against him.

1. Appellant enumerates the general grounds, “claiming that there was no corroboration of the victim’s testimony. There is no longer any requirement that the victim’s testimony in a rape case be corroborated. [Cits.] Moreover, the victim’s…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. Barnes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  3. Ford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Barnes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dunn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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