Legal Opinion

Woods v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 9, 2005No. A05A1834PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial that resulted in his convictions for possessing cocaine and abandoning a controlled substance in a public place, Michael Anthony Woods appeals his convictions, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. Woods also appeals the trial court’s sentencing order with respect to the Fourth Amendment waiver contained therein. For the following reasons, we affirm the convictions and sentencing order.

The standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence is set out in Jackson v. Virginia. 1 The relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Harrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  4. Ridley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Grier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  2. Burdette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  4. Marco Gainey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2022

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