Legal Opinion

Petro v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 1, 2014No. A14A0039PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

After a bench trial, the trial court found John Tony Petro guilty of two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of terroristic threats, two counts of possession of a knife during the commission of a crime, *255and one count of family violence battery based on an altercation he had with his girlfriend and her ex-boyfriend. The trial court subsequently denied his motion for new trial. Petro appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also contends that his convictions for terroristic threats should have merged into his convictions for aggravated assault. For…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Drinkard v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  4. Quiroz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  5. Sidner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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