Legal Opinion

West v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 3, 1997No. A96A2485PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Judge.

Denson West appeals his conviction by a Brooks County jury of burglary, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission of the victim’s pre-trial photographic lineup identification of him.

1. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. An appellate court determines only the legal sufficiency of the evidence adduced below and does not weigh the evidence or assess the credibility of the witnesses.” (Punctuation omitted.) Hight v.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Nicholson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  3. Hight v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  4. Frink v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Kapua v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Cantrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Camaron v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Drogan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. James v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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