Legal Opinion

Tucker v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 2, 1992No. A92A1116PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, Judge.

David Tucker was convicted by a jury of six counts of burglary and one count of theft by bringing stolen property into the state. He appeals his conviction.

In his sole enumeration of error, Tucker contends that the circumstantial evidence presented at trial which corroborated the testimony of his accomplice was insufficient to support the jury’s guilty verdicts. We disagree. “ ‘Although a defendant may not be convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, OCGA § 24-4-8, slight evidence of a defendant’s identity and participation from an extraneous source is all…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Edwards v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Bennett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  4. Sanchez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Grace v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  2. Mosier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  3. Earl v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  4. Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Stephenson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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