SMITH v. STATE

55163.

144 Ga. App. 579 (1978)

241 S.E.2d 465

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy R. Dunn, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Thomas W. Thrash, R. Andrew Weathers, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

The defendant appeals the denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction for child molestation.

1. The child, a five-year-old girl, was located by her mother almost immediately after the incident took place. She was emotionally distraught and in tears. Evidence that the child told her mother that the defendant had taken her to a wooded area, removed her pants, and touched his sexual organ to hers was properly admitted as part of...

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