Legal Opinion

Harper v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 5, 2016No. A16A0471Published

1Opinion of the Court

Ellington, Presiding Judge.

A Coweta County jury found Christopher Harper guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of 11 offenses arising out of a series of confrontations with detention officers at the Coweta County jail during May, June, and July 2013. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, Harper appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence with regard to three counts of the offense of a terroristic threat, OCGA § 16-11-37 (a); and one count of the offense of interference with government property, OCGA § 16-7-24 (a). For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

On appeal from a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Rankin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  3. Sabel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  4. Rower v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  5. Martinez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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