Legal Opinion

Wornum v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 9, 2009No. S09A0300PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Justice.

Appellant Christian Wornum was convicted of murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in connection with the shooting death of Darron Harper. On appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission at trial of gang-related evidence. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence authorized the jury to find that appellant approached the victim from behind and shot him several times in the back of the head. An eyewitness who knew appellant identified…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  3. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  4. Willoughby v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Manuel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  2. Nwakanma v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  3. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Reeves v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  5. Guzman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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