MCKIE v. the STATE.

Because the evidence is legally insufficient to support McKie's conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, I respectfully dissent. A guilty plea was the only evidence the state introduced that McKie was a convicted felon. While this plea was circumstantial evidence of a conviction, it does not exclude "every other reasonable hypothesis." OCGA § 24-14-6. And closing arguments are not evidence. So McKie's conviction must be reversed.

1. Guilty plea.

The only evidence the state introduced relevant to the issue of whether McKie was a convicted felon is a copy of a document…