Legal Opinion

Porras v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 30, 2014No. S14A0551Published

1Opinion of the Court

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295 Ga. 412

S14A0551. PORRAS v. THE STATE. BLACKWELL, Justice. Louis Alberto Porras was tried by a DeKalb County jury and convicted of murder, as well as two crimes involving the unlawful possession of a firearm, all in connection with the killing of Jameelah Qureshi. Porras appeals, contending that the trial court erred when it charged the jury. We find no harmful error, however, and we affirm.1 1 Qureshi was killed on August 15, 2009. A grand jury indicted Porras on September 2, 2009, charging him with one count of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, one count of unlawful…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Sears v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  5. McIntyre v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995

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