Legal Opinion

Rivera v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 4, 2008No. A08A1006PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

A jury convicted Sandra Lopez Rivera of one count each of burglary (OCGA § 16-7-1 (a)) and giving a false name to a law enforcement officer (OCGA § 16-10-25). On appeal, Rivera challenges only the sufficiency of the evidence as to her conviction for burglary, arguing the absence of any direct evidence in support thereof and that the State’s circumstantial evidence was insufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of her possession of property taken in the burglary, save that of her guilt. Discerning no error, we affirm.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Grier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  2. Chambers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  4. Key v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  5. Hanson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Nangreave v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Wilcox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  3. Collins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  5. Riles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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