Legal Opinion

Grant v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 22, 2001No. A01A0099PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

Harvey Lee Grant appeals his conviction of the sale of cocaine contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of similar transaction evidence. For the reasons set forth below, Grant’s conviction is affirmed.

1. Grant contends that the State failed to produce sufficient evidence of the perpetrator’s identity in order to support his conviction.

On appeal the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to support the verdict, and [Grant] no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence;…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Kovacs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  2. Freeman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. Jummul Vincent Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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