Legal Opinion

Woods v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 7, 2000No. A00A0732PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ellington, Judge.

A Pike County jury convicted Steve Woods of two counts of child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 (a). The jury acquitted Woods of a third molestation charge. Woods appeals from the judgment of conviction. We affirm one of the convictions but reverse the other after finding a fatal variance as to the indictment.

Woods contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. To sustain the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Buice v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Kapua v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Gollihar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  2. Rudisail v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  4. Cash v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Gollihar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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