Legal Opinion

McKibben v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 10, 1994No. A93A2515PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Horace Odell McKibben was indicted on one count of aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21. He was convicted, his motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals.

1. McKibben enumerates the insufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. His sole contention, made without citation to authority, is that the sheer lapse of time between the commission of the crime and the trial rendered the eyewitness identifications worthless.

In August 1989, the victim was dragged from her car and stabbed with a knife after withdrawing money from a bank teller machine in the Little Five Points…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Bowley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  4. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Harper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lovelace v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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