Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 1, 1984No. 67752PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Otha Wright, was convicted of burglary, rape, and aggravated sodomy. This appeal followed.

At approximately 4:00 a.m. on January 24,1983, Ophelia Marks awoke to find a man in her bed. This assailant, armed with a knife, then raped her. The victim’s daughter, evidently awakened by the disturbance, appeared in her mother’s doorway, whereupon the victim, at the assailant’s instruction, informed her that she was all right. The daughter returned to her bedroom, and the assailant departed shortly afterwards; moments later, however, a second man entered the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  4. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. O'BryanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McClure v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. State v. El-TabechNebraska Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  4. Cook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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