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STATE v. COLLINS

No. S98G0496.

508 S.E.2d 390 (1998)

270 Ga. 42

STATE v. COLLINS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Thomas Morgan III, Dist. Atty., Lee Anne Mangone, Robert M. Coker, Asst. Dist. Attys., Decatur, for the State.

Kendal Demetrius Silas, Decatur, for William Perry Collins.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted William Perry Collins of rape, statutory rape, and incest involving a 12-year-old girl. The court of appeals affirmed the convictions of statutory rape and incest, but reversed the rape conviction on the grounds that the state failed to show that the defendant used force.1 We granted the writ of certiorari to consider whether the element of force may be presumed as a matter of law to obtain...

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