220 Ga. App. 147 - Dent v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 18 state decisions

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1. “There is no requirement that the testimony of the victim of child molestation or aggravated child molestation be corroborated. Toles v. State, 202 Ga.App. 815 (1), 415 S.E.2d 531 ; Saunders v. State, 195 Ga.App. 810 (1), 395 S.E.2d 53 ; Fitzgerald v. State, 193 Ga.App. 76 (2), 386 S.E.2d 914 . Nevertheless, the testimony of the victim in the case sub judice was corroborated by evidence of her outcry to her mother[, defendant Bernice Jones, who then beat the victim until she recanted,] and to her [teacher, Laura Brown, as well as to June Spivey from DFACS]. [Cit.] Although there was evidence that the victim subsequently told her mother the allegations against defendant [Timothy James Jones] were not true, this was contrary to the victim's direct evidence from the stand and a question of credibility was presented for the jury to resolve. The evidence was sufficient under the standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 to authorize the jury's verdict[s] that defendant [Bernice Jones] is guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, of child molestation ... as alleged in [Counts 10 and 11 of] the indictment. Patterson v. State, 212 Ga.App. 257 (1), 441 S.E.2d 414 .”

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   e.g. 226 Ga. App. 420 - Jones v. State