Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 30, 2009No. A10A0205PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Travis Watson appeals his conviction on four counts of aggravated assault 1 and on one count of possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime. 2 Pointing to several alleged factual deficiencies in the State’s case, he challenges only the sufficiency of the evidence. Because the evidence amply sufficed to sustain the verdict, 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…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Coney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Brinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  5. Peterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cantu v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  2. Pulliam v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  3. Riddick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. Myers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  5. In THE INTEREST OF L. J., a ChildCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016

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