Legal Opinion

Gordon v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 27, 2012No. A12A1120Published

1Opinion of the Court

Branch, Judge.

On this out-of-time appeal from his conviction for aggravated battery and other crimes, Bertram Gordon argues that trial counsel was ineffective. We affirm.

“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.” (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Reese v. State, 270 Ga.App. 522, 523 (607 SE2d 165) (2004). *768We 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…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Suggs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  5. Reese v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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