Legal Opinion

Aldridge v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 19, 2004No. A04A0673PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

A jury found Tavares Deante Aldridge guilty of aggravated assault for shooting Derrick Patterson with a gun. Aldridge appeals, contending that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of that offense. Because the record shows otherwise, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. An appellate court does not weigh the evidence or judge the credibility of the witnesses but only determines whether the evidence to convict is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bartlett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Lockwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Giddens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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