Tucker v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
Following a jury trial, Nakie Tucker appeals his conviction for selling cocaine, 1 challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. In light of the buyer’s testimony identifying Tucker as the man who sold him cocaine, we affirm.
1. Tucker’s sole enumeration of error is that “[t]he verdict was strongly against the weight of the evidence to support it.” “Of course, such an argument may only be made to a trial court in a motion for new trial, not to an appellate court on appeal. We do not have the discretion to grant a new trial on these grounds.” (Citation and punctuation…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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