Grover v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried before a jury and found guilty of arson in the first degree. This appeal followed the denial of defendant’s motion for new trial and extraordinary motion for new trial. Held:

1. Defendant contends in his first two enumerations that the trial court erred in denying his motions for directed verdict of acquittal and for a new trial, arguing that the State’s circumstantial evidence did not exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt. See OCGA § 24-4-6.

“When, as here, an enumeration of error is based upon the overruling of a motion…