Legal Opinion

Hawkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 11, 2002No. A02A0626PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Convicted of rape, Charles Hawkins appeals. In his sole enumeration of error, Hawkins contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. We affirm.

On appeal we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, the appellant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence, and we only determine the sufficiency of the evidence and neither weigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of the witnesses. Evans v. State, 250 Ga. App. 70, 71 (1) (550 SE2d 118) (2001).

Viewed in this light, the evidence showed that around 10:00 p.m., the victim locked the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  2. Troutman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Overton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  2. Gravitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

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