Legal Opinion

Moran v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 23, 2015No. A15A0795PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Boggs, Judge.

Donald Moran appeals from his convictions of aggravated battery, aggravated assault, burglary, possession of a knife during the commission of a felony, and stalking. He asserts that the State presented insufficient evidence to support his convictions and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons explained below, we reverse his stalking conviction and affirm his remaining convictions.

When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence,

the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Harrison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  4. PLACANICA v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  5. Hughley v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Goodson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. Donald Judson Moran, Jr. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  3. Donald Moran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  4. Donald Moran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  5. Goodson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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