Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 4, 2012No. A12A0297Published

1Opinion of the Court

McFADDEN, Judge.

After a jury trial, Kevin Williams was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, with reckless conduct as the underlying unlawful act, and making a false statement to a law enforcement officer. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the involuntary manslaughter conviction. Because there is sufficient evidence from which a rational trier of fact could have found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crime charged, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Noble v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Snell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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