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· 7/14/1981

Peavy v. State

Citations

  • 283 S.E.2d 346
  • 159 Ga. App. 280
  • 1981 Ga. App. LEXIS 2578

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant’s convictions under OCGA § 16-6-5 where the defendant drove up to the minor child and asked her if she knew anyone “that takes dirty pictures”
  • kidnapping occurred even though victim willingly entered defendant’s van, because the defendant refused the victim’s request to stop the van and let her out
  • finding sufficient evidence of enticing where, inter alia, defendant feigned interest in buying pickled peppers from children selling them at the roadside, then asked the children if they knew anyone who “took dirty pictures”
  • no merger for kidnapping and enticing a child for indecent purposes, where each offense had elements not contained in the other and each offense was proved using different facts
  • evidence of motivation for enticement sufficient where defendant attracted the children to his van where he asked them if they knew anyone who took dirty pictures
  • no merger for kidnapping and enticing a child for indecent purposes, where each offense had elements not contained in the other and each offense was proved using different facts

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Judges: Pope, Quillian, McMurray

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