Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 15, 1980No. 59482PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of selling a quantity of marijuana to a GBI agent. He asserts on appeal 1) that the jury instruction "If there are conflicts in the testimony, it is your duty to reconcile these conflicts if you can so as not to impute peijury to any witness; but if there are conflicts which you cannot reconcile, then you should believe that witness or those witnesses you find to be most believable” lessened the state’s burden of proof to a preponderance of the evidence and 2) that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S.…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Helton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  2. Gaines v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  3. Perry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. Poole v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Montgomery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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