Legal Opinion
Banks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 19, 2007No. S06A1560PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
Genous D. Banks appeals his convictions for malice murder and theft by taking a motor vehicle, in connection with the death of Johnny Jerome North. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
1. Banks asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, contending that the State presented only circumstantial evidence that did not exclude all reasonable hypotheses except that of his guilt. See OCGA § 24-4-6.
[(Questions as to the reasonableness of hypotheses are generally to be decided by the jury which heard the evidence and where the jury is authorized to find that…
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