Legal Opinion

Snell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 28, 2010No. A10A1514PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPE, Senior Appellate Judge.

A Baker County jury found Joe N. Snell guilty of felony involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense to the indicted charge of felony murder. The trial court thereafter denied his motion for a new trial. Snell appeals, contending that there was insufficient evidence to convict him and that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on reckless conduct and misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter as separate lesser included offenses. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

1. Following a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Vergara v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  4. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996

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