Graham v. the State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Boggs, Judge.
A j ury found Joe Alan Graham guilty of theft by taking. Following the denial of his amended motion for new trial, Graham appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of similar acts, and asserting that his trial counsel was ineffective. We discern no error and affirm.
1. Graham first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. When we review the sufficiency of the evidence,
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…
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