Legal Opinion
Tyler v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 19, 1985No. 70797PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
The defendant, Edward R. Tyler, appeals his conviction of three counts of aggravated sodomy and one count of child molestation. The alleged victim was the 11-year-old daughter of the defendant. After seeing a television movie in January 1984, “Something About Amelia,” which concerned a father sexually molesting his daughter, the defendant’s daughter told her schoolteacher that her father had been molesting her. The local Department of Family and Children Services was informed and they called the police. The police took a statement from the daughter who advised them…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
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