Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 30, 2011No. A11A0569PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dillard, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Julius Cornell Wilcox was convicted of burglary. Wilcox appeals his conviction, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. For the reasons noted infra, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, 2 the record shows that shortly after midnight on May 22, 2008, an officer with the Fitzgerald Police Department observed Wilcox riding a bicycle while carrying a tire iron and a black saw case, and wearing what appeared to be a brand new tan leather tool belt around his waist. Due to the time of night and the officer’s awareness of a recent…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Rivera v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  3. Floyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. Garmon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  5. Pullins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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