Legal Opinion

Epps v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 13, 2009No. A08A2178Published

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Derrick Raymond Epps guilty of three counts of armed robbery. Epps appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also argues that the trial court improperly allowed the state to violate the rule of sequestration. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. On appeal from his criminal conviction, Epps no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence, and we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. So viewed, the evidence shows that around midnight on April 14, 2004, two men accosted Tianrong Liu as he entered his residence at…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  2. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  3. Clemons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  4. Ross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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