Legal Opinion

Husband v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 25, 2005No. A05A1760Published

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial, Cedric Husband appeals his conviction of aggravated assault, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. For the following reasons, we disagree and affirm.

The standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence [in a criminal case] is set out in Jackson v. Virginia,1 The relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. In addition, appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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