WATSON v. STATE

56378.

147 Ga. App. 847 (1978)

250 S.E.2d 540

WATSON v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 16, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ransom & Axam, Tony L. Axam, for appellant.

William S. Lee, District Attorney, Hobart M. Hind, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

Lavarn C. Watson was convicted of rape and sentenced to a term of twenty years. Ten years are to be served in the penitentiary, followed by ten years on probation.

1. It was not error for the trial court to refuse to grant appellant's motion for a change of venue or a continuance. The basis for the motions appears to be newspaper and television publicity surrounding the arrest of defendant, a black police officer, for the rape of an...

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