Legal Opinion

Pruitt v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 25, 2008No. A07A1624PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

John Danny Pruitt appeals his DUI conviction. He contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, that he was charged with DUI by a defective instrument, and that the court erred in admitting the testimony of the police officers who arrested him. Finding these claims of error either without merit or waived, we affirm.

The standard of review “is whether after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

So viewed, the evidence here…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  2. State v. GomezCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Nye v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ervin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. ODUOK v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018

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