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Benton v. State

Citations

  • 568 S.E.2d 770
  • 256 Ga. App. 620
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 2184
  • 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 902

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  • “[t]he relevant elements of stalking are: following, placing under surveillance, or contacting another person without the consent of the other person for the purpose of harassing and intimidating him or her”
  • “Given that [the defendant] engaged for several years in a consistent pattern of abuse and harassment against his daughter, a rational trier of fact could find that his surveillance of her on the incident date evidenced yet another abusive, harassing act.”

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Judges: Eldridge, Smith, Ellington

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