Legal Opinion

Handford v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 14, 1999No. A99A0763PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Eldridge, Judge.

Defendant Alden Handford challenges his June 1998 conviction for selling cocaine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, OCGA § 16-13-20 et seq. We affirm.

Handford’s sole enumeration of error contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the jury’s guilty verdict. In reviewing the record on appeal,

the evidence must be viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, and appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence; moreover, on appeal this court determines evidence sufficiency, and does not weigh the evidence or determine…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cecil v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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