Atkins v. State

304 Ga. 240

FINAL COPY S17G1996. ATKINS v. THE STATE. MELTON, Presiding Justice. In Atkins v. State,

342 Ga. App. 422

( 803 SE2d 122) (2017), the Court of Appeals affirmed Jerome Atkins’s convictions for statutory rape and aggravated child molestation. Thereafter, we granted certiorari and posed the following two questions: (1) whether a victim’s prior statements can constitute sufficient corroboration under OCGA § 16-6-3; and (2) whether the defendant was properly prohibited under OCGA § 24-4-412 from seeking testimony regarding the sexual activity that was at issue in the trial. For the…