McMahon v. State

Pope, Senior Appellate Judge.

A jury found Francis James McMahon, Sr. guilty of seven counts of theft by taking related to an agreement to build a home for Phillip and Karen Morgan. McMahon appeals, arguing, among other things, that the trial court erred in refiising to direct a verdict for him on these charges.

We review the denial of a motion for directed verdict of acquittal under the same standard used to review the sufficiency of the evidence. See Parker v. State, 250 Ga. App. 768 (552 SE2d 919) (2001). Thus, we must “ ‘view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict…