Legal Opinion

Cunningham v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 3, 2005No. S05A1193PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Donyeil Ladon Cunningham was convicted of malice murder in the stabbing death of Jim Daniel Bowers. He appeals, contending the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and challenging evidentiary rulings by the trial court.1 Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Cunningham contends that the evidence at trial was not sufficient to authorize the verdicts. That evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict as it must be, Harvey v. State, 274 Ga. 350 (2) (554 SE2d 148) (2001), established that after an afternoon spent smoking crack cocaine, Cunningham…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  3. Harvey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. Ramsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Smart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  3. Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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