Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 9, 2012No. A11A2341Published

1Opinion of the Court

MlKELL, Presiding Judge.

Convicted by a jury of theft by taking, Roy William Adams III appeals from the denial of his amended motion for new trial, contending that the circumstantial evidence used to convict him did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save his guilt.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Noble v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Pitmon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Walton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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