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Coquillian v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 3, 1984
313 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984)

Opinion

66843.

DECIDED JANUARY 3, 1984.

Forgery. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Cooper.

Earl A. Davidson, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, J. Wallace Speed, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


Marattize Coquillian brings this appeal from his conviction on two counts of forgery. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and also challenges the admissibility of a handwriting exemplar as violative of his Fifth Amendment (Code Ann. § 1-805) right against self-incrimination.

1. When viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence, although in conflict, was such that any rational trier of fact could have found appellant guilty of the crimes charged beyond a reasonable doubt. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560) (1979).

2. The issue raised by appellant's second enumeration of error is controlled adversely to him by Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263 (1) ( 87 SC 1951, 18 L.Ed.2d 1178) (1967).

Judgment affirmed. Quillian, P. J., and Sognier, J., concur.

DECIDED JANUARY 3, 1984.


Summaries of

Coquillian v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 3, 1984
313 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984)
Case details for

Coquillian v. State

Case Details

Full title:COQUILLIAN v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 3, 1984

Citations

313 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984)
313 S.E.2d 126

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