HAMMOCK v. STATE

29521.

233 Ga. 733 (1975)

213 S.E.2d 618

HAMMOCK v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 5, 1975.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland & Garland, Edward T. M. Garland, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, R. David Petersen, Assistant District Attorney, Julius C. Daugherty, Jr., for appellee.


UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

James Roswell Hammock was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. He appeals from this judgment. Held:

1. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence concerning the victim's possible affliction with cervical cancer. The evidence shows that the victim knew in June before the rape occurred in October, 1973, that she might have cervical cancer.

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