Legal Opinion

Vargas v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 26, 1987No. 74423PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of three counts of the offense of aggravated child molestation. Held:

1. At trial, defense counsel sought to elicit testimony from the victim on cross-examination and to introduce documentary evidence for the purpose of establishing the victim’s ideas and bent of mind about sexual activity so as to explain her allegations against defendant as a fabrication derived from “the phase she’s in.” The trial court did not allow the admission of this evidence and defendant enumerates as error the exclusion of the documentary evidence, several…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cuzzort v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  2. Decker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  3. Chastain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  4. Chastain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Lively v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  2. McGarity v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Woods v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  5. Darden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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