Legal Opinion

Wilkey v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 1, 2010No. A10A1297Published

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Kay Forrest Wilkey appeals his conviction for being a party to the crime of selling cocaine. In his sole enumeration of error, Wilkey argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.

For a criminal conviction on appeal, “ ‘the relevant question 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.’ ” Adams v. State, 255 Ga. 356, 356-357 (338 SE2d 860) (1986) (quoting Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Cooper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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