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Widner v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 2, 1944No. 14824PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Chief Justice.

Eual Widner and Pudolph Patterson, indicted separately but tried together, were each convicted of the offense of rape and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Widner’s motion for new trial, based on the general grounds and two special grounds added by amendment, was overruled and he excepted.

The prosecutrix, a girl fourteen years of age, testified that the defendants, with whom she was previously acquainted, took her in an automobile from Grant’s Park to a spot in DeKalb County, stripped off her clothes, and assaulted her several times each, one of the defendants…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Keys v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  2. Seymour v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Ellison v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  4. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  5. Merritt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Loomis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  2. Richmond v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
  3. David v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  5. Barfoot v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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