Legal Opinion

Guerra v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 23, 1993No. A93A1218PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Pursuant to grant of a motion for out-of-time appeal, Edwardo Guerra appeals his judgment of conviction of three counts of trafficking in cocaine and the sentence. Held:

1. On appeal the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to support the verdict, and appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence; moreover, an appellate court determines evi dence sufficiency and does not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility. Grant v. State, 195 Ga. App. 463 (1) (393 SE2d 737). As to Count 1, there exists evidence that appellant put the triple beam…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  4. Castell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. English v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  2. Aguilera v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  3. Burnette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Dickerson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. Heard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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