Court Opinion

ID: 9585560
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:01:36.543002+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:41:32.822748
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
The writer concurs fully and associates himself completely with the majority opinion.
An observation is appropriate that in Division 1 the majority, in addressing a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, uses the Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560), rational trier of fact standard, and also cites Lee v. State, 247 Ga. 411 (276 SE2d 590) (1981) and Humphrey v. State, 252 Ga. 525 (314 SE2d 436) (1984).
In Division 8a and b of the majority opinion two additional motions for a directed verdict of acquittal are considered where the rational trier standard is not utilized. Apparently, the majority opinion uses the statutory standard or any evidence standard which is also permissible under 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) (1984). Also compare our recent *596whole court case of Maddox v. State, 170 Ga. App. 498 (317 SE2d 617) (1984).