Legal Opinion

Currier v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 21, 2014No. S13A1445PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Shawn Hollis Currier seeks appellate review of his convictions for felony murder and related crimes stemming from the death of David Buriles. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. Appellant alleges the evidence at trial was insufficient to support his convictions.

The relevant inquiry on appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence is whether the evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, would authorize a rational trier of fact to find appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which [he] is charged. Jackson v.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  2. Menzies v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Menzies v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. Hickman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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