Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 3, 1989No. A89A0273PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Mark Anthony Morgan, was convicted of armed robbery. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. Held:

1. Following his arrest, Morgan confessed fully to having robbed a Wendy’s restaurant, in the process wearing a home-made mask and brandishing a starter pistol. The admissibility of this confession is not contested here. The confession, was corroborated when Morgan showed the investigating officers where he had disposed of the clothing he wore during the robbery and where he had hidden the starter pistol. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Adsitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Choate v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. Nation v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Fann v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Fleming v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Ledford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  3. Fleming v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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