Legal Opinion

Clewis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 22, 2008No. A08A2002PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Darroll William Clewis appeals his conviction on one count of possessing methamphetamine 1 and twenty-one counts of sexually exploiting children. 2 In his sole enumeration of error, Clewis challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Because we hold that the evidence sufficed to sustain the conviction, we affirm.

When reviewing a defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Short v. State. 3 We do…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Waters v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Cochran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  5. Ramirez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Whorton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  3. Holiman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  4. Kirchner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016

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