Legal Opinion

Rivera v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 10, 2018No. S18A1264PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Alejandro Rivera was tried and convicted of malice murder and related offenses in connection with the February 2008 shooting death of Mark Martin.1 Rivera appeals, *218alleging that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court committed reversible error. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the evidence adduced at trial shows that, on February 24, 2008, a group of people, including Rivera and Manuel, traveled to the apartment of George and Robinson to purchase drugs.2 Rivera and Manuel obtained money…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hayes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Durham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  4. Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. KEMP v. THE STATE (Three Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Stanford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. Stanford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Cedric Cornelius Dunlap v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019

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