Pless v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Presiding Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction of burglary. Held:
1. The defendant asserts the trial court erred in failing to grant a new trial on the general grounds. We can not agree. Where a conviction is based upon circumstantial evidence, "to sustain the judgment of conviction, the evidence need not exclude every inference or hypothesis except the guilt of the accused, but only reasonable inferences and hypotheses, so as to justify the inference, beyond a reasonable doubt, of guilt.” Rogers v. State, 139 Ga. App. 656, 659 (229 SE2d 132). "Questions as to reasonableness are…
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