Legal Opinion

Buford v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 18, 2011No. A11A0499PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

A robbery incident led to numerous criminal convictions for Maurice Buford. In this appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for armed robbery and theft by taking. We affirm.

When an appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, “the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The state’s witnesses testified to the following at the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Cleveland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Wells v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  4. Feaster v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  2. Styles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  3. TIEGREEN v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  4. Dominique Styles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  5. Glenard Rico Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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