Legal Opinion
Lee v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 13, 2010No. A10A1419PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
On appeal from his conviction for aggravated sodomy, James Anthony Lee argues that the State failed to prove venue in Effing-ham County. We agree and reverse.
“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, with the defendant no longer enjoying a presumption of innocence.” Reese v. State, 270 Ga. App. 522, 523 (607 SE2d 165) (2004). We neither weigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of witnesses, but determine only whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a “rational…
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