257 Ga. App. 375 - Joiner v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Roker v. State · 220 Ga. App. 474 - McClain v. State · 249 Ga. App. 857 - Hayes v. State · 226 Ga. App. 478 - Hilliard v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“direct evidence is not required to support a conviction. Moreover, a conviction may be based upon circumstantial evidence if the proved facts are not only consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but exclude every other reasonable hypothesis but the guilt of the accused. When the evidence meets this test, circumstantial evidence is as probative as direct evidence, and whether this burden has been met is a question for the jury. When the jury is authorized to find that the evidence, though circumstantial, excluded every reasonable hypothesis except the defendant's guilt, the verdict will not be disturbed unless the verdict is insupportable as a matter of law. Further, while circumstantial evidence must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis but the defendant's guilt, the evidence need not exclude every inference or hypothesis.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“instructed the jury to apply its instructions only as applicable to the offenses charged by the indictment; read the aggravated child molestation count of the indictment to the jury; instructed the jury that the State had the burden of proving “every material allegation of the indictment”; and instructed the jury that it could convict [the defendant] of aggravated child molestation only upon finding beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed such offense as alleged in the indictment. 28”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A person commits the offense of statutory rape when he or she engages in sexual intercourse with any person under the age of 16 years and not his or her spouse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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