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BARNES v. STATE

35027.

244 Ga. 302 (1979)

260 S.E.2d 40

BARNES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 10, 1979.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leiden & Butler, Terrance P. Leiden, Victor Hawk, for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Patricia Warren, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

James Williams Barnes was indicted for rape and was convicted by the jury of the statutory rape of his eleven-year-old stepdaughter. He appeals, enumerating five errors.

1. Defendant contends that Code Ann. § 26-2018 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1302) under which he was convicted of the crime of statutory rape violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution...

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