Legal Opinion

Silvers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 7, 2009No. A09A0176PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mikell, Judge.

Billy Silvers appeals a Whitfield County Superior Court order affirming his conviction of driving under the influence (OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (5)) 1 in Whitfield County Probate Court. On appeal, Silvers challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On appeal from his criminal convictions, [Silvers] no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. Rather, we view the evidence in a light favorable to support the verdict, and we neither weigh the evidence nor determine witness credibility. We will uphold the verdict so long as any rational trier of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Pecina v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Fuller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Krull v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  2. Jason W. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  3. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. Stokes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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