Griffin v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

Insistences are made by the appellants that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the great weight of the evidence, and that the defendants were entitled to the affirmative charge on the theory that the evidence for the State was not sufficient to overcome the presumption of innocence, or, if not that, the verdict should be set aside on account of the great preponderance of the evidence favoring the defendants.

Neither of these contentions are tenable. The evidence for the State, if believed by the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, was sufficient to overcome the presumption of…