Gibbs v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant, convicted of two counts of rape, OCGA § 16-6-1 (a), appeals, contending that the court improperly refused to allow him to thoroughly cross-examine the teenage victim.

Viewed in favor of the verdict, the evidence was that Gibbs lived with the victim and 8 to 10 other people. According to the victim and corroborating witnesses, the first rape occurred in October 1987 and the second on January 16, 1988. The victim’s father took her to the hospital on January 19, but the doctor’s exam produced inconclusive findings.

1. Gibbs introduced no evidence. Instead, he sought to…