Lopez v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

Vincent Lopez was indicted by an Appling County grand jury on one count of armed robbery. He was convicted, his amended motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals, asserting five enumerations of error.1 Finding no error, we affirm.

1. In two enumerations of error, Lopez raises the general grounds. The parties agree that the State’s case rests upon circumstantial evidence.

Proof by direct evidence, however, is not required. A conviction may be based upon circumstantial evidence if the proved facts are not only consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but exclude every…