Legal Opinion
Payne v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 18, 1974No. 28889PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Thomas Robert Payne, Jr., appeals his conviction of rape and aggravated sodomy. The modus operandi of the attack and the victim’s opportunity to identify Payne became issues at the trial.
Between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, March 26, 1972, the victim, a white woman, left her job and drove alone to her home in Cobb County. At some point along the way she noticed that a car was following her but she dismissed the fact thinking it might have been a neighbor. The car followed her all the way home. The evening was foggy; there were no street lights in her neighborhood; there…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by137 opinions
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