Legal Opinion

Mangham v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 29, 2008No. A08A0062PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

Richard Mangham, Jr., challenges the sufficiency of the evidence underlying his conviction for the aggravated child molestation of A. W We affirm.

When a defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, we construe the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. We neither weigh the evidence nor assess witness credibility, but merely determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt.

A. W testified that one night in July 2004,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Grooms v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  3. Baker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  2. ALLEN v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  3. Jones v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
  4. Wesley Vick, Jr. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2025

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