Court Opinion

ID: 9585673
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:02:40.725705+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:50.407755
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
Division 6 of the majority opinion deals with the denial of a motion for directed verdict of acquittal. The conclusion is made that there was sufficient evidence to enable a rational trier of fact to reasonably find the defendant guilty of the offense charged beyond a reasonable doubt.
While the rational trier standard has been used by the Georgia Supreme Court in cases relating to motions for directed verdict of acquittal, Lee v. State, 247 Ga. 411 (276 SE2d 590) (1981), and Humphrey v. State, 252 Ga. 525 (314 SE2d 436) (1984), yet in similar situations they have also utilized seemingly a lesser quality and quantum of evidence which is the any evidence standard or the statutory no conflict standard as in Conger v. State, 250 Ga. 867 (301 SE2d 878) (1983); Zuber v. State, 248 Ga. 314 (282 SE2d 900) (1981); and Taylor v. State, 252 Ga. 125 (312 SE2d 311).
In the case at hand, while dealing with the motion for directed verdict of acquittal, the majority opinion relies upon Lush v. State, 168 Ga. App. 740, 742 (6)-743 (310 SE2d 287); Prescott v. State, 164 Ga. App. 671, 672 (1)-673 (297 SE2d 362); and Valenzuela v. State, 157 Ga. App. 247, 249 (2)-250 (277 SE2d 56); in which all three cases *654deal with upholding a jury verdict rather than a directed verdict.