Legal Opinion

Lancaster v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 1, 2008No. A08A0667PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bernes, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Tommy Eugene Lancaster appeals his convictions on one count of aggravated child molestation and one count of child molestation, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We disagree and 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. We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hutchinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. McGhee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  4. Northern v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. ALLEN v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  2. Ricky Lewis Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019

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