Legal Opinion

Leonard v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 20, 2000No. A00A0057PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Eldridge, Judge.

Calvin Leroy Leonard appeals his conviction for being a party to the crime of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (sale of cocaine). His sole enumeration of error questions the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize his conviction. Under the standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 1 we find that the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find Leonard guilty of the crime for which he was convicted, and we affirm.

In the light most favorable to the verdict, 2 the evidence shows the following: On October 14, 1997, the Bartow County Sheriff’s Department,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Sparks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  2. Garmon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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