Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2005No. A04A2274PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Chief Judge.

A jury found Thomas Elson Mitchell guilty of burglary. Mitchell appeals, asserting that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and that the court erred in admitting his written statement into evidence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, “the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence, and we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict to determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” We neither resolve…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  2. Bales v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Richardson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  4. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  2. Mezick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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