Legal Opinion

Lockett v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 21, 1988No. 76693PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of arson in the first degree. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the guilty verdict.

1. Appellant enumerates the general grounds, urging that the circumstantial evidence produced at trial was insufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis except that of his guilt. See Kreager v. State, 148 Ga. App. 548 (252 SE2d 1) (1978). A review of the transcript shows that, from the evidence produced at trial, a rational trior of fact could reasonably have found appellant guilty of arson in the first…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Riley v. State.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  3. Sparks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  4. Burns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  2. Brownlee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Mattis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Andrews v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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