Legal Opinion

Clanton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 20, 1993No. A93A0321PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Gregory Scott Clanton was convicted of six counts of burglary. He appeals from the denial of his amended motion for new trial.

1. Appellant attacks the sufficiency of the evidence. Specifically, he contends that the State did not present corroborating evidence for the testimony of an accomplice and that the State based its case wholly on circumstantial evidence but did not exclude a reasonable hypothesis of the case consistent with innocence.

At trial, managers from six businesses located in a Gwinnett County office park testified that on the morning of June 16, 1991, they found…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Castell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  3. New v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  4. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Givens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Stroud v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Bates v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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