Legal Opinion

Stott v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 22, 2010No. A10A0735PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Timothy Alan Stott guilty of child molestation and incest. Stott appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. See Vaughn v. State, 301 Ga. App. 391 (687 SE2d 651) (2009). We do not weigh the evidence or resolve issues of witness credibility, but merely determine whether…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  2. Vaughn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. Walker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  4. Page v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  5. Palmer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Littlejohn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
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  5. Donald Heard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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