Legal Opinion

Jefferson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 3, 2011No. A11A1295, A11A1296PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McFadden, Judge.

In separate appeals, Tajuan Rashad Jefferson and Omar J. Edwards challenge their convictions for three counts of armed robbery, three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of false imprisonment, and six counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. They were tried jointly, and we have consolidated their appeals for disposition. Regarding both cases, we find that the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions, and that, although the trial court erred in ruling that the expert testimony of a state’s witness satisfied the requirements of Harper v.…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Tate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  5. McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by4 opinions

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