Legal Opinion

Weston v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 10, 2024No. S24A1069PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

320 Ga. 472

FINAL COPY S24A1069. WESTON v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Adrian Darnyell Weston was convicted of malice murder in connection with the shooting death of Alex Tolbert.1 On appeal, Weston challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction under OCGA § 24-14-6 and the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial on the “general grounds” under OCGA §§ 5-5- 20 and 5-5-21. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. 1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence presented at trial showed as follows. On January 23, 2021, Tolbert was shot and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  3. Butts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  5. Scoggins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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3Cited by5 opinions

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