Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 2, 2015No. S14A1918PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Bobby Gene Thomas was convicted, as a party to the crimes, for malice murder and other offenses arising out of a convenience store armed robbery.* 1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the convictions.

1. We first address appellant’s assertion that insufficient evidence was presented to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was a party to the crimes committed by his accomplice, Earl Randolph Scott. Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, the surveillance camera videos at the convenience store that was robbed show appellant, who was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Eckman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  3. Ellington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  4. Sallie v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Ferguson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Herrington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  2. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. McLeod v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Coates v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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