Grullon v. State

313 Ga. 40

FINAL COPY S21G0485. GRULLON v. THE STATE LAGRUA, Justice. In September 2017, a jury found Victor Grullon guilty of trafficking heroin, and the trial court sentenced him to serve 30 years in prison. Grullon appealed, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that the trial court gave an erroneous jury charge on deliberate ignorance. The Court of Appeals affirmed Grullon’s conviction, concluding that the evidence was constitutionally sufficient under Jackson v. Virginia,

443 U. S. 307

( 99 SCt 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979), and that Grullon did not show “reversible error…