Legal Opinion

McDonald v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 30, 1997No. A96A2103PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Ray McDonald guilty of reckless conduct. McDonald appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to support the verdict, the evi*412dence shows the following. The victim was Sherri Bias, McDonald’s wife at the time of the incident. McDonald and Bias had an argument the evening preceding the incident, and Bias left their home to spend the night with a friend. When Bias returned home the following morning, she noticed a handgun lying on the sofa. Bias told McDonald she was leaving him and began walking about the home…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Cowan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McIver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  2. Banks v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  3. Ladarious Sherrod v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020

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