Legal Opinion
Obiozor v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 9, 1994No. A94A1409PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
Godfrey Okechukwu Obiozor appeals his conviction of trafficking in heroin of more than 28 grams and unlawfully having under his control marijuana of less than one ounce in weight. Held:
1. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560), establishes the proper test to use when sufficiency of the evidence is challenged when “the challenge arises from the overruling of a motion for directed verdict . . . based upon alleged insufficiency of the evidence.” Humphrey v. State, 252 Ga. 525, 527 (1) (314 SE2d 436). On appeal the evidence must be viewed in the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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