Porter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
1. The charge of the court that testimony of the alleged victims in a rape case must be corroborated by evidence of an outcry, some report, or other physical evidence, the jury being the sole judges of the sufficiency of such evidence, was not error for the assigned reason that there was no evidence to authorize the charge. The excerpt did not intimate that there was such evidence, and was not misleading to the jury.
2. The charge that the jury should take all the evidence, giving to the defendant's statement such weight and credit as they thought it entitled to, apply the law as given in the…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Rawlins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Harrison v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Studstill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Bone v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Ronald Maurice Stump v. John Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Jack Henry Smith v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Colosacco v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Rucker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Roberts v. McClellanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
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