Legal Opinion
Heard v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2014No. S14A0563PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
Derrick Heard appeals his conviction for the murder of Robert Ledbetter. Appellant contends that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated; that the trial court erred by allowing two of the State’s peremptory strikes; and that the court erred by preventing him from introducing certain evidence about Ledbetter. We affirm. 1
1. The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following. In 2000, Robert Ledbetter was in Detroit working for a record company, where he met aspiring hip-hop artists Farlandis Dillard and Emery Love.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
- Dillard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
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