231 Ga. App. 629 - Cantrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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1. “Sexual offenses against children necessarily occur in secret. This is one reason that Georgia law does not require corroboration of a child molestation victim’s testimony. Scales v. State, 171 Ga. App. 924 (2) ( 321 SE2d 764 ) (1984); see Baker v. State, 245 Ga. 657, 664 (5) ( 266 SE2d 477 ) (1980); see also OCGA § 24-4-8. Accordingly, “(t)aking the victim’s testimony as true, as we must, it alone was clearly sufficient to autho rize [Sweet’s] conviction of the (offenses as charged) under the standard set forth in Jackson v. Virginia, (supra).” Bryant v. State, 226 Ga. App. 135, 136 ( 486 SE2d 374 ) (1997).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 237 Ga. App. 613 - Sweet v. State

2. “Under Jackson v. Virginia, . . . 6 the sufficiency of the evidence is measured by determining whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. It is solely within the purview of the jury to weigh conflicting evidence and judge the credibility of the witnesses. 7”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 300 Ga. App. 839 - Williams v. State