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Mickens v. State

The credibility of the witnesses, the defendant's alibi and conflicting evidence regarding the cause of a fatal fire were matters for the jury to resolve

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A jury found Carl Mickens guilty of two counts of felony murder, arson in the first degree, burglary, and terroristic threats in connection with the deaths of Roderick Green and his young son, Roderick Green, Jr. Mickens was sentenced for the felony murders and for terroristic threats. He appeals his convictions solely on the basis of the sufficiency of the evidence. Finding the evidence of Mickens’s guilt sufficient to sustain the convictions, we affirm.1 When evaluating the sufficiency of evidence, the proper standard for review is whether a rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. This Court does not reweigh evidence or resolve conflicts in testimony; instead, evidence is reviewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, with deference to the jury’s assessment of the weight and credibility of the evidence. Cimildoro v. State , 259 Ga. 788 387 SE2d 335 1990. Dean v. State , 273 Ga. 806 546 SE2d 499 2001. The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed that Carl Mickens met Vickie Green in the fall of 1997, while they were both employed at a grocery store. Soon after beginning an intimate relationship, Mickens became violent toward Green. He would shove, pull, and bite her, and he also stole money from her. On more than one occasion, Mickens threatened to burn down Green’s mobile home.

Green became pregnant with Mickens’s child. She decided to terminate the pregnancy, and when she informed Mickens of her plans to do so, he threatened that he would “hurt her without touching her.” After Green ended the pregnancy, Mickens continued to telephone her and to try to see her.

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