Legal Opinion

Yarber v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 27, 1982No. 63680PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

While on probation for a previous offense, appellant was arrested for shoplifting. This appeal is from the revocation of his probation. We affirm.

Contrary to appellant’s contentions, eyewitness testimony implicating appellant in the crime, testimony which was unshaken on cross examination, does meet the “slight evidence” burden the state is required to satisfy in order to secure a revocation of probation. Meeks v. State, 160 Ga. App. 645 (289 SE2d 324). Since that evidence was sufficient, appellant’s contention that his probation revocation depended solely on hearsay…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Meeks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Barnett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  2. Barnett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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