· 10/22/1999
Buice v. State
Citations
- 520 S.E.2d 258
- 239 Ga. App. 52
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- a witness’s credibility may not be bolstered by the opinion of another, even an expert, as to whether the witness is telling the truth
- “[a]s this is not a case of plain error, [defendant] waived the error by failing to object”
- conviction affirmed where indictment for child molestation alleged penetration but evidence established only contact
- \Testimony that another witness believes the victim impermissibly bolsters the credibility of the victim.\
- evidence sufficient to support conviction for child molestation even though indictment charged defendant with putting his finger in victim’s vagina, but victim testified at trial that defendant rubbed his hand on her vagina
- “We will not reverse on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel unless trial counsel’s conduct so undermined the proper functioning of the adversarial process that the trial could not reliably have produced a just result.”
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Judges: Ruffin, McMurray, Andrews
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