Case Name: SCOTT v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 2010-10-29
Citations: 306 Ga. App. 678
Docket Number: A11A0065
Parties: SCOTT v. THE STATE.
Judges: Barnes, P J., and Adams, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 306
Pages: 678–678

Head Matter:
A11A0065.
SCOTT v. THE STATE.
(702 SE2d 790)
Decided October 29, 2010.
Sharon L. Hopkins, for appellant.
Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, James M. McDaniel, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
BLACKBURN, Senior Appellate Judge.
Following a jury trial, Lee Dixon Scott appeals his conviction of rape, raising as his only enumeration of error the sufficiency of the evidence. The child victim, who was under ten years old, testified at trial that Scott (her father) placed his private inside her private when they were in the bathroom. It is well established that in rape cases, the victim's testimony alone is sufficient to support a conviction. Johnson v. State. See Newton v. State. Scott's argument that the victim's testimony was not credible does not apply in the appellate context, as "[determining the credibility of witnesses is entirely within the province of the jury." (Punctuation omitted.) McKinney v. State. The evidence sufficed to sustain the convictions.
Judgment affirmed.
Barnes, P J., and Adams, J., concur.
OCGA § 16-6-1 (a) (2).
Johnson v. State, 280 Ga. App. 341, 342-343 (2) (634 SE2d 134) (2006).
Newton v. State, 296 Ga. App. 332, 336 (1) (b) (674 SE2d 379) (2009).
McKinney v. State, 269 Ga. App. 12, 16 (2) (602 SE2d 904) (2004).