Legal Opinion

Watkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 22, 1989No. 77523PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary and criminal damage to property in the second degree. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts.

1. Appellant enumerates the general grounds, urging that the evidence, which was entirely circumstantial, was not sufficient to exclude all other reasonable hypotheses save that of his guilt.

“ ‘To warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the proved facts shall not only be consistent with guilt but shall exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of guilt of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Evans v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Gee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  4. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
  5. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Rolling v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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