Case Name: Joe B. COOK, Petitioner, v. Charles MONTGOMERY, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of Georgia, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1981-07-13
Citations: 650 F.2d 814
Docket Number: No. 80-7981
Parties: Joe B. COOK, Petitioner, v. Charles MONTGOMERY, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of Georgia, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 650
Pages: 814–814

Head Matter:
Joe B. COOK, Petitioner, v. Charles MONTGOMERY, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of Georgia, Respondents.
No. 80-7981
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B
July 13, 1981.
Cook & Palmour, Bobby Lee Cook, L. Branch, S. Connelly, Summerville, Ga., for petitioner.
Harrison Kohler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondents.
Before TJOFLAT, VANCE and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The sole issue raised by this habeas corpus petition is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain petitioner's state court conviction for murder. The district court reviewed the evidence under the strict standard established by Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), and concluded that "a rational trier of fact could have found the Petitioner guilty beyond a reasonable doubt . . " Record at 264. We also have reviewed the evidence, and assuming without deciding that the Jackson standard applies, reach the same conclusion. On the record before us, we conclude that a rational trier of fact could have found petitioner guilty of the charge beyond a reasonable doubt.
AFFIRMED.