Legal Opinion

McGrath v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 1, 2006No. A05A2067PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

James Guido McGrath appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction by a jury of first degree vehicular homicide. Finding no error, we affirm for the reasons that follow.

1. McGrath’s first enumeration is that the trial court erred in denying his motions for directed verdict on the vehicular homicide count and in failing to find that the evidence of vehicular homicide was legally insufficient.

The standard of review for the denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal is the same as for determining the sufficiency of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Zwiren v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Hough v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  4. Hartzler v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
  5. Snyder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008

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