263 Ga. App. 747 - Hunter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[u]nder OCGA § 16-1-7 (a), “when the same conduct of an accused may establish the commission of more than one crime, the accused may be prosecuted for each crime.” Therefore, as [Grier’s] conduct satisfied the elements of aggravated child molestation, the argument that he should have been sentenced for the lesser crime of simple sodomy is unavailing. The State is not required to prosecute only a lesser offense committed. It may prosecute the defendant under any or all statutes that fit the defendant’s conduct. [Grier’s] arguments that the . . . sodomy statute conflicts with the aggravated child molestation statute, and that his equal protection rights were violated as a result, are equally without merit. The . . . sodomy statute is irrelevant here as [Grier] was not charged with that crime. [He] was charged with aggravated child molestation and his actions satisfied the elements of that offense. See OCGA § 16-6-4 (c).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grier v. the State