Legal Opinion

PALACIOUS v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 9, 2011No. A11A1063Published

1Opinion of the Court

McFadden, Judge.

After a jury trial, Maynor Palacious was convicted of aggravated assault and two counts of battery. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. Because there is enough evidence from which a rational trier of fact could have found Palacious guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes charged, we affirm.

When reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. Short v. State, 234 Ga. App. 633, 634 (1) (507 SE2d 514) (1998). We do…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Morton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  4. Wilcox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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