Lynch v. State

Gunter, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of rape in the Superior Court of Habersham County and sentenced to nine years. He argues on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that his character was wrongly placed in evidence, that a statement made by the victim to a policeman shortly after the crime should not have been admitted into evidence, and that certain -requests to charge should have been given.

The victim testified that on October 29, 1973, she heard a knock on the door of her home; that she opened the door slightly and saw appellant, whom she had known all his…