Legal Opinion

Forrester v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 19, 2012No. A11A2343PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Adams, Judge.

Karen Allison Forrester appeals after a jury convicted her of three counts of forgery in the first degree and one count of theft by deception. Because we find the evidence insufficient to support Forrester’s convictions on the three forgery counts, we reverse as to those charges, but we affirm her conviction on the charge of theft by deception.

In weighing the sufficiency of the evidence, this Court construes the evidence at trial, and all reasonable inferences from it, most strongly in favor of the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence.…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Kesler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by3 opinions

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