Ricketts v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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• weight and credibility solely within province of jury; appellate court's only function to determine sufficiency as a matter of law
• no double jeopardy bar when trial court exercises authority vested in it by OCGA §§ 5-5-20 and 5-5-21 to grant new trial on weight of evidence
• no double jeopardy bar when trial court exercises authority vested in it by OCGA §§ 5-5-20 and 5-5-21 to grant new trial on weight of evidence
• grant of a new trial on the discretionary ground that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence is not a finding that the evidence is legally insufficient
• grant of a new trial on the ground that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence is not a finding that the evidence is legally insufficient
• no double jeopardy bar when trial court exercises authority vested in it by OCGA §§ 5-5-20 and 5-5-21 to grant new trial on weight of evidence

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