Legal Opinion

Lindsey v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 18, 1999No. S99A1000PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hunstein, Justice.

Appellant Lorenzo Dexter Lindsey was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, criminal damage to property and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime arising from the shooting death of Rosa Barnes and wounding of Walter Thomas. Lindsey appeals from his convictions and we reverse.

1. In his first enumeration of error, Lindsey contends the State presented insufficient circumstantial evidence to sustain his convictions. To warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the evidence must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Teague v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  3. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Al-Amin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  2. State v. BassArizona Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Lindsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Merritt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000

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