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Melton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Sep 7, 1983
168 Ga. App. 112 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

66580.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 7, 1983. REHEARING DENIED SEPTEMBER 22, 1983.

Child molestation. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Langford.

Harvey A. Monroe, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, John M. Turner, Jr., Margaret V. Lines, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of child molestation. He appeals from the conviction and sentence entered thereon.

Appellant contends that the state failed to prove venue. "Evidence of venue, though slight, is sufficient in the absence of conflicting evidence. [Cit.] Venue may be proved by circumstantial as well as direct evidence." Loftin v. State, 230 Ga. 92, 93 (2) ( 195 S.E.2d 402) (1973). The evidence in the instant case, direct and circumstantial, was sufficient, in the absence of any conflicting evidence, to prove that the crime committed by appellant occurred in Fulton County. See generally Cole v. State, 162 Ga. App. 353 ( 291 S.E.2d 427) (1982).

Judgment affirmed. Deen, P. J., and Banke, J., concur.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 7, 1983 — REHEARING DENIED SEPTEMBER 22, 1983 — CERT. APPLIED FOR.


Summaries of

Melton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Sep 7, 1983
168 Ga. App. 112 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983)
Case details for

Melton v. State

Case Details

Full title:MELTON v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Sep 7, 1983

Citations

168 Ga. App. 112 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983)
308 S.E.2d 378

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