Spradlin v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
Following a jury trial, George Wesley Spradlin appeals his convictions of burglary and of possession of tools for the commission of a crime, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. We disagree and affirm.
The standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence [in a criminal case] is set out in Jackson v.. Virginia. 1 The relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. In…
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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