Legal Opinion

Elder v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 5, 2001No. A01A1258; A01A1259PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

Jason Elder and Julius Moten were tried jointly and convicted of armed robbery of a Best Inns motel. In this appeal of their convictions, they challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdicts and the trial court’s admission of similar transaction evidence. We find the evidence sufficient and do not find evidentiary error. Therefore, we affirm.

*869On the evening of May 10, 1998, Katherine Taylor was working as night manager for a Best Inns motel in Dalton. She testified that at approximately 11:20 p.m., three black males in their late teens to early twenties came…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  4. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Ferguson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  3. Jason Elder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017

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