Legal Opinion

Hawkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 1, 2008No. A08A0706PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Ronald Hawkins appeals his conviction on eleven counts of armed robbery and five counts of aggravated assault, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. Because his four accomplices in the crimes corroborated each other as to Hawkins’s participation in the crimes, we affirm.

When reviewing a defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Short v. State. We do not weigh the evidence or determine…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Frazier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  4. Horne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Pinkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In the Interest of A. B.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. Skipper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  3. In Re ABCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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