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LOCKE v. STATE

27118.

229 Ga. 110 (1972)

189 S.E.2d 410

LOCKE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Crawford McDonald, for appellant.

Robert B. Adams, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, W. Hensell Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

GRICE, Presiding Justice.

William J. (Joe) Locke was indicted and tried in the Superior Court of Whitfield County on two counts of rape of female children under the age of fourteen years. Both incidents were alleged to have occurred on the same date and involved two sisters, then nine and seven years old. After the State rested its case the court directed a verdict of not guilty as to Count 2, the seven-year-old child. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a...

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