Legal Opinion

Banks v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 20, 2006No. A06A0628PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MlKELL, Judge.

Anthony Banks was convicted of child molestation by a DeKalb County jury and sentenced to twenty years to serve ten. Without challenging the sufficiency of the evidence that supports his conviction, Banks argues that his conviction should be reversed because the continuing witness rule was violated and the trial judge improperly commented upon the evidence and rebuked defense counsel. For reasons stated below, we affirm.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in a light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  2. Kent v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Gabbard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Parks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. Gough v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Patel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  2. Daniel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. McKinney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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