Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 27, 1989No. A89A1878PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Banke, Presiding Judge.

Smith was convicted of one count of child molestation. He brings this appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial.

The victim was the appellant’s then five-year-old step-daughter. On the morning following the incident, the child told her mother that the appellant had come into her room naked during the night and that her bed was wet. The child then left the house for visitation with her fathér. In a telephone conversation later that afternoon, the child told her mother that the appellant had gotten into her bed and had caused the bed to move up and down while he…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Ambles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  3. Westbrook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Tolbert v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  5. Cox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Rash v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  2. Byars v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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