Smith v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
On appeal from his conviction for obstruction and giving a false name to a police officer, Perry Smith argues that the evidence is insufficient. We affirm.
“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, with the defendant no longer enjoying a presumption of innocence.” Reese v. State, 270 Ga. App. 522, 523 (607 SE2d 165) (2004). We neither weigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of witnesses, but determine only whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a “rational trier of…
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