Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 13, 1996No. S96A0325, S96A0326PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
Appellants Ian Dwight Harris and Demond Shalane Johnson were each convicted of malice murder and armed robbery, and were sentenced to life imprisonment.
1. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find appellants guilty of the crimes charged beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979). The evidence presented at trial indicated that the victim, Dr. Cesar Garcia, his wife, and their two children, were traveling from New York to Mexico when they stopped at an Atlanta hotel. Dr.…
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