Legal Opinion

King v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 7, 2008No. A07A1952PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

James T. King was charged with second degree arson and making terroristic threats. After a jury trial, he was convicted of second degree criminal damage to property and making terroristic threats. On appeal, he claims that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for criminal damage to property and that the trial court erred in its jury charge on prior difficulties and by sentencing him as a recidivist. He also claims that his trial counsel was ineffective. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  4. Suggs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  5. Schofield v. HolseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Schlesinger v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2012
  2. Tyson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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