Daniels v. the State

The right to a trial by jury is a hallmark of our criminal justice system in America. For this reason, we are reluctant to interfere with a jury’s verdict except in those limited circumstances in which the State has not proven the elements of the offenses for which the defendant is charged. Here, Daniels was charged as a party to a crime, and it is well established under Georgia law that a defendant cannot be convicted as a party to a crime based solely on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. Threatt v. State, 293 Ga. 549, 551 (1) (748 SE2d 400) (2013). After having thoroughly…