Legal Opinion

Foster v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 19, 2002No. A01A2459PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Presiding Judge.

Hamilton Earl Foster was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury on one count of aggravated child molestation upon his two-year-old daughter. A jury convicted him of the lesser included offense of child molestation, and he appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence, alleging five enumerations of error. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Foster raises the general grounds. The trial court admitted the victim’s statements to the examining physician under OCGA § 24-3-16, the Child Hearsay Statute. In that statement, the victim angrily and explicitly described acts of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  4. McClarity v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Frazier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
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  3. Bostic v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Camero v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Pitts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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