Grullon v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseVictor Grullon was convicted by jury of trafficking heroin, and a trial court sentenced him to serve 30 years in prison. Grullon appealed, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, arguing that the trial court gave an erroneous jury charge on deliberate ignorance. The Court of Appeals affirmed Grullon’s conviction, concluding that the evidence was constitutionally sufficient under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (1979), and that Grullon did not show “reversible error because he affirmatively stated to the trial court that he had no objection after the jury was charged.” The Georgia Supreme Court granted review to decide whether the Court of Appeals correctly held that Grullon affirmatively waived his claim that the trial court gave an erroneous jury instruction on deliberate ignorance. Because the Supreme Court answered this question in the negative, it reversed that portion of the Court of Appeals' judgment.
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