JOHNSON v. STATE

No. S98A0652.

506 S.E.2d 374 (1998)

269 Ga. 840

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Michael Thomas, Colquitt, for Michael Johnson.

Robert Ray Auman, Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Cairo, J. Brown Moseley, Dist. Atty., Bainbridge, Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Lewis Jaeger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.


SEARS, Justice.

Michael Johnson appeals from his felony murder conviction and resulting life sentence concerning the death of his sister's five-month old son.1 Following a joint trial, Johnson, his sister, and her boyfriend were convicted in connection with the infant's death. Because we conclude that the evidence presented against Johnson was insufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that he...

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