Legal Opinion

Groves v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 2, 2003No. A03A1539PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Gene Royce Groves was convicted on four counts of sexual assault against a student enrolled in school and on two counts of cruelty to children. On appeal he asserts seven enumerations of error, all of which we find to be without merit. We therefore affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence reveals that Groves, a school teacher and football coach, touched a student’s breasts on two separate occasions while the student was in *829his classroom — once outside of the student’s clothing and once underneath her clothes. Groves also…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  4. Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  5. Hendrix v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Whitehead v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. Ellis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  3. State v. MorrowSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  4. Morrow v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
  5. Eugene Ellis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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