Legal Opinion

Morales v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 29, 2016No. A15A2386PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Branch, Judge.

On appeal from his conviction for rape, Christian Morales argues that the evidence did not support the jury’s verdict and that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress his statement to police and when it admitted only the incriminating portions of that statement. We find no reversible error and affirm.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, with the defendant no longer enjoying a presumption of innocence.” Reese v. State, 270 Ga. App. 522, 523 (607 SE2d 165) (2004) (citation omitted). We neither…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Reese v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  5. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  2. Kimberly McAfee Pruitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  3. Richard Arthur Snipes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  4. Robert Lee Hudson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019

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