Legal Opinion

Parham v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 12, 2004No. A04A2373PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Nyoka Parham appeals her conviction for aggravated battery, enumerating as error the trial court’s denial of her motion for a directed verdict. Evidence showed that Parham shot the victim in the buttocks, rendering her rectum and a portion of her colon useless for a period of time. Because this evidence sufficed to sustain the verdict, we affirm.

Parham asserts that the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict that was based on the insufficiency of the evidence.

The standard of review for the sufficiency of evidence, in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Moss v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  2. MERCER UNIVERSITY v. STOFERSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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