Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Ayers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 16, 2007No. A07A0219Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partSmith, Presiding Judge

I concur in Divisions 1 and 3 of the majority, and with the conclusion that the trial court erred in Division 2. I respectfully dissent because that error does not require reversal. Overwhelming evidence supports the defendant’s convictions for child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, kidnapping, and false imprisonment. This is not a case involving a swearing contest between one victim and an accused. Multiple victims testified to startlingly similar conduct by the defendant and the sexually graphic computer images provide independent and overwhelming tangible evidence of *906Aye…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Collum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  2. Blige v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  3. Chews v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Wormley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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