Legal Opinion

Yearwood v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 10, 1991No. A90A1729PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of arson in the first and second degree, aggravated assault, and cruelty to dogs. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts of guilt.

1. Appellant’s enumeration of the general grounds is without merit. When construed most strongly against appellant, the evidence was sufficient to authorize a rational trior of fact reasonably to have found proof of appellant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. See generally Thornton v. State, 161 Ga. App. 296, 299 (1) (287 SE2d 749)…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thornton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  2. Smaha v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Lindsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McKinney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  2. Sparks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Hightower v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994

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