Belcher v. the State.’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “When a criminal conviction is appealed, the appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. And the relevant question is whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, and the jury's verdict will be upheld so long as there is some competent evidence, even though contradicted, to support each fact necessary to make out the State's case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 535 - VASS v. the STATE.

2. “[a]ny person who shall have on or within arm's reach of his or her person a firearm ... during the commission of, or the attempt to commit ... [a]ny crime against or involving the person of another ... [or] [a] theft from a building ... and which crime is a felony, commits a felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 Ga. App. 732 - Beamon v. State

3. “[a] person commits the offense of armed robbery when, with intent to commit theft, he ... takes property of another from the person or the immediate presence of another by use of an offensive weapon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 Ga. App. 732 - Beamon v. State