258 Ga. App. 774 - Stephens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
December 2011
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Williams v. State · Lockwood v. State · 226 Ga. App. 373 - Lester v. State · 212 Ga. App. 787 - Reid v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[a] conviction based upon circumstantial evidence is authorized only when 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. In a case entirely dependent on circumstantial evidence, however, the State's evidence must both be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt and must exclude every other reasonable hypothesis. Even when the circumstantial evidence creates a strong suspicion of guilt, mere suspicion is insufficient to support a conviction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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