249 Ga. App. 347 - Bacon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “[A]ny challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a jury’s verdict of guilty must be viewed to uphold the verdict. Since a jury found [Bruce] guilty, this Court looks only to see if there is a factual basis from which a rational trier of fact could conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that a guilty verdict was warranted. We do not judge the credibility of the witnesses. We do not revisit conflicts in the evidence. And we will not simply substitute our opinion for that of the jury. So long as there is some competent evidence to support each element of the ofiense(s) as charged, the jury’s verdict will be upheld. 2”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 252 Ga. App. 494 - Bruce v. State

2. “but seeks to justify, excuse or mitigate it. With an affirmative defense, the focus no longer becomes the act, itself, since such is admitted. Instead, the State's burden becomes the introduction of evidence that disputes, i.e., 'disproves,' the defendant's alleged justification/excuse for the act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 171 - WILLIAMS v. the STATE.