McGrath v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
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…
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