Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 14, 2014No. A13A2180PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Roy Mandell Smith was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault, one count of burglary, and several firearms charges. He contends on appeal that the evidence was insufficient and that his trial counsel was ineffective for not interviewing all of the State’s witnesses and not objecting to the admission of cell phone records on relevance grounds. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. On appeal, a defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Ellis v. State, 282 Ga. App. 17, 18 (1) (637 SE2d 729) (2006). We consider the evidence in the light most…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Head v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  3. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Ellis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  2. Johnny Ray Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017

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