Legal Opinion

St. Louis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 15, 2014No. A14A1079PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Richard Roy St. Louis guilty of the misdemeanor offense of loitering or prowling. On appeal from the denial of his motion for a new trial, St. Louis challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and [St. Louis] no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. We neither weigh the evidence nor assess the credibility of witnesses, but merely ascertain that the evidence is sufficient to prove each element of the crime…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Meeks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  3. Nangreave v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  4. McFarren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Rollins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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3Cited by3 opinions

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