324 Ga. App. 718 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “[t]he child molestation statute does not require proof of ... actual arousal. Instead, the law requires only that the defendant have acted with the intent to arouse his [or the child's] sexual desires. The question of intent is peculiarly a question of fact for determination by the [finder of fact, who] may infer a defendant's intent from the evidence presented at trial. Where the [finder of fact] finds the requisite intent, that finding will not be reversed on appeal provided there is some evidence supporting the [finder of fact's] inference.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. KRUEL v. the STATE.

2. “the law requires only that the defendant have acted with the intent to arouse his sexual desires. The question of intent is peculiarly a question of fact for determination by the jury, which may infer a defendant's intent from the evidence presented at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. UNDERWOOD v. the STATE.

3. “Georgia's appellate courts have consistently held that evidence of a defendant's history of violence toward a victim, a victim's family, or even a witness, is admissible to explain a delay by the victim, her family, or another witness in reporting a crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. ALLEN v. the STATE.