Legal Opinion

State v. Cash

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 30, 2017No. S17A1059PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the superior court sustaining a motion by mother and daughter murder defendants Elgerie Mary Cash and Jennifer Michelle Weathington denominated “Double Jeopardy Plea in Bar,” which challenged the sufficiency of the evidence of their guilt at trial.1 For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand with direction.

Procedural History

Cash and her daughter Weathington were tried jointly before a jury in the Superior Court of Paulding County in October 2013 and found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, two counts of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  4. State v. CashSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  4. Mangram v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Mangram v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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