Legal Opinion

Woods v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 11, 1988No. 76324PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was indicted on charges of child molestation and aggravated child molestation. The jury returned a guilty verdict on each count. Appellant appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts.

1. Appellant sought to present evidence of the victim’s prior sexual acts, urging that such evidence supported his defense that it was the victim who had been the sexual aggressor. The trial court refused to admit the evidence, basing its ruling, in part, upon the finding that our “Rape Shield” statute is applicable in cases…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Chastain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Caldwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Whittington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Chastain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  2. Wand v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. McGarity v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Tidwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  5. Neal v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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