223 Ga. App. 661 - Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “`Although a conviction based on circumstantial evidence is authorized only if the proved facts shall not only be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but shall exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused (OCGA § 24-4-6), if the evidence meets this test, circumstantial evidence is as probative as direct evidence. Whether this burden has been met is a question for the jury. When the jury is authorized to find the evidence, though circumstantial, was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis except the defendant's guilt, the verdict will not be disturbed unless the verdict is insupportable as a matter of law.' (Citations, punctuation and indention omitted.) Mason v. State, 199 Ga.App. 691, 692 (1), 405 S.E.2d 747 (1991).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 231 Ga. App. 164 - Waldrop v. State