Legal Opinion

MASSEY v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 12, 2018No. A18A0742PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Rickman, Judge.

*233 Billy Ray Massey was tried by a jury and convicted of aggravated child molestation and child molestation. On appeal, Massey contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for aggravated child molestation and that the trial court failed to properly exercise its discretion as a thirteenth juror in denying his motion for new trial. For the following reasons, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to support the jury's verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. We do not…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Butts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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3Cited by8 opinions

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