Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 19, 2009No. A08A2073PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A Clayton County jury found Xavious Taylor guilty of two counts of aggravated assault. Taylor appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court committed numerous errors at trial. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. In reviewing Taylor’s sufficiency challenge, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. We do not weigh the evidence or resolve issues of witness credibility, but merely determine whether the jury was authorized to find Taylor…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Hanifa v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  4. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Kennebrew v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Emmanuel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. Glover v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Platt v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015

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