Jefferson v. State
Jefferson v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant Jefferson was convicted of rape by a Ware County jury and received a twenty-year sentence. He appeals from this judgment, enumerating multiple errors the gist of which is as follows: (1) the court deprived him of constitutional rights by allegedly forcing upon him as counsel, for political reasons, a former district attorney; (2) the trial court wrongfully permitted introduction of prior convictions; (3) the judges and attorneys involved at various stages of his case were engaged in a conspiracy against him; and (4) the court erred in permitting the victim’s father to sit at the counsel table during trial. Held:
Appellant, acting pro se after having discharged his appointed counsel, asserted in his closing argument at trial that the rape charge on which he was indicted was a cover for a conspiracy on the part of the victim, her family, and various others including court officials, to obtain title to his parents’ home. His enumerations recapitulate, in garbled and repetitious fashion, the accusations of conspiracy and
Judgment affirmed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.