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DIXON v. STATE

No. S04A0072.

596 S.E.2d 147 (2004)

278 Ga. 4

DIXON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred R. Simpson, Rome, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, David Balser, James D. Dantzler, Jr., James A. Washburn, Thomas B. Bosch, Atlanta, for appellant.

Leigh A. Patterson, Dist. Atty., John F. McClellan, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Brenda J. Bernstein, Nicholas A. Lotito, Atlanta, Covington & Burling, Michael E. Paulhus, William D. Iverson, Claire G. Kunstling, amici curiae.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

A Floyd County jury convicted Marcus Dwayne Dixon of misdemeanor statutory rape and aggravated child molestation, but acquitted him of rape, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, and sexual battery.1 Dixon appeals only his conviction for aggravated child molestation. Because we find that the General Assembly intended to punish Dixon's conduct as misdemeanor statutory rape rather than child molestation, we reverse...

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