263 Ga. App. 11 - Fields v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[inconsistent verdicts — even verdicts that acquit on a predicate offense while convicting on the compound offense — should not necessarily be interpreted as a windfall to the Government at the defendant’s expense. It is equally possible that the jury, convinced of guilt, properly reached its conclusion on the compound offense, and then through mistake, compromise, or lenity, arrived at an inconsistent conclusion on the lesser offense. . . . The fact that the inconsistency maybe the result of lenity, coupled with the Government’s inability to invoke review, suggests that inconsistent verdicts should not be reviewable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Robinson

2. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 201 - SALAZAR-BALDERAS v. the STATE.