Legal Opinion

JACKSON v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 20, 2018No. A17A2064PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McFadden, Presiding Judge.

After a jury trial, Quanta Jackson was convicted of two counts of child molestation and one count of theft by taking. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence as to one of the counts of child molestation, in which he was alleged to have masturbated in front of his 13-year-old stepson, J. B., but the evidence authorized the conviction. He also argues that his trial counsel was ineffective, but he has not shown that his counsel performed deficiently. So we affirm.

1. Sufficiency of the evidence.

On appeal, in considering a challenge to the sufficiency of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  2. Towry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  3. Grimes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  4. Laster v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  5. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. PATTERSON v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  2. Ayersman v. West Virginia Division of Environmental ProtectionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Robert Allen Shaum v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020

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