Legal Opinion

Fluellen v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 28, 2007No. A06A1651PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Zantavious Fluellen guilty of armed robbery. In his sole enumeration of error on appeal, Fluellen contends that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict of acquittal. We find that sufficient evidence supports his conviction and affirm.

In reviewing the denial of a directed verdict of acquittal, we employ the same test used to determine sufficiency of the evidence. See Joyner v. State, 280 Ga. 37, 38 (1) (622 SE2d 319) (2005). “Under that standard, this Court reviews the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict and defers to the jury’s…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hambrick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  3. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Anthony v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. Lunsford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  5. Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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