Legal Opinion

Tiller v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 1, 2012No. A11A1616PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Boggs, Judge.

Eldrick Tiller appeals from his convictions of aggravated assault, battery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Tiller asserts that insufficient evidence supports his aggravated assault and battery convictions, that the trial court erred in its charge on battery, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, this court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the appellant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Rankin v. State, 278 Ga. 704,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Suggs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  3. Rankin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  4. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. State v. AlvaradoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  4. LANHAM v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  5. WALKER v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2019

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