Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 8, 2005No. A05A1369PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

A Chatham County jury found Steven Mark Johnson guilty of burglary, and the trial court sentenced him to 20 years with 15 years to serve. Johnson appeals on a variety of grounds following the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial. We discern no error and affirm.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and an appellant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence.” (Citation omitted.) Rankin v. State, 278 Ga. 704, 705 (606 SE2d 269) (2004). We neither weigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Rankin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  4. Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
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  4. Copeland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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