Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 26, 2007No. A07A0086PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Willie Brown guilty of criminal attempt to commit theft by taking and first degree forgery. He appeals from the convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial. We affirm.

1. Brown contends the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict in that it was largely circumstantial and did not exclude every other reasonable hypothesis except guilt. The evidence was sufficient.

The standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence is set out in Jackson v. Virginia, The relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Jividen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. Bishop v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  5. Bryan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Branan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  2. Bettes v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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