Legal Opinion

Edward v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 29, 2003No. A03A0604PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

After being tried by a judge sitting without a jury, Isaac Edward, Jr. was found guilty of burglary. He appeals from the conviction, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and claiming that there was a fatal variance between the allegations of the indictment and the evidence produced at trial. Neither claim has merit, so we affirm the conviction.

1. Edward contends that the evidence of his guilt was purely circumstantial, and that the trial judge should have believed the co-defendant’s trial testimony that Edward was not involved in the commission of the crime.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Abney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Mathews v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  4. O'CONNOR v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Shackelford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  5. Vincent v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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