Legal Opinion

Weeks v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 29, 2005No. A05A1250PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial that resulted in his conviction of attempted burglary 1 and of possession of tools for the commission of a crime, 2 Earlie Leon Weeks appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that the proof fatally varied from the indictment. We hold that the evidence was sufficient and that the variance was not fatal. Accordingly, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we review the evidence in a light favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. Smith v. State. 3 We neither weigh…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Abney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  4. Hess v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States v. Nathan E. GundyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  2. Sanders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  3. Smarr v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  4. Warner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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