Legal Opinion

Little v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 22, 2015No. A15A0017Published

1Opinion of the Court

McFadden, Judge.

After a jury trial, Chester Little was convicted of practicing dentistry without a license. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the denial of a motion for a mistrial based on the court impermissibly speaking to a juror about the deliberations. Because there was enough evidence to support the jury’s verdict and the mistrial issue was waived, as there was not actually a motion for a mistrial based on the ground now raised, we affirm.

1. Sufficiency of the evidence.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the standard for reviewing the sufficiency of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Hayes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Coe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  5. McMillan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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