Legal Opinion

Bryant v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 17, 1997No. S97A1685PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Justice.

A jury found Zenobia Bryant guilty of the malice murder of her husband and the trial court sentenced her to life imprisonment. After denial of her motion for new trial, Ms. Bryant appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the jury’s guilty verdict.

1. The evidence authorized the jury to find the following: Ms. Bryant reported to officers that an unidentified man shot her husband. She also showed the officers a handwritten note which threatened that she was “next.” The body of Ms. Bryant’s husband was found in the bedroom of their home. He suffered a fatal…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Tate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  3. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  4. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  5. Wellons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Norton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Isaac v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  4. Glass v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  5. Welbon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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