WORLEY v. STATE

23558.

222 Ga. 319 (1966)

149 S.E.2d 682

WORLEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Gardner, Kelly & Wiggins, M. M. Wiggins, Jr., James W. Smith, for appellant.

Robert W. Reynolds, Solicitor General, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mathew Robins, for appellee.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

The only specification of error in this case involving a conviction of statutory rape is that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction since the testimony of the female child was not sufficiently supported or corroborated by other competent evidence. The corroborating circumstances are: (1) the miscarriage of the female child after pregnancy; and (2) the availability of the defendant to commit the crime — his own sworn...

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