Legal Opinion
Canada v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 15, 2002No. S02A0446PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
Joe E. Canada was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. Correctly treating the felony murder count as surplusage and the aggravated assault count as having merged into the malice murder count, the trial court sentenced Canada to life imprisonment for malice murder and to a consecutive five-year term for possession of a knife. See Malcolm v. State, 263 Ga. 369, 372-374 (4), (5) (434 SE2d 479) (1993). His motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals.
1. Construed so as to support the verdict,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
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3Cited by8 opinions
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