Legal Opinion

Preston v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 25, 2007No. S07A0371PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

Andre Preston appeals from his conviction for two counts of malice murder, armed robbery, and possession of cocaine.1 The evidence presented to the jury showed that in the early hours of January *2111, 2002, a police officer in DeKalb County observed a car dragging something hanging out of the driver’s door and followed the car. When he realized the object being dragged was a human body, the officer turned on his blue lights, but the car kept going. The driver eventually stopped on the median of 1-20, exited the car carrying a gun and a bag, jumped over the median wall, ran across…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Arizona v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Howard VAN POYCK, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by39 opinions

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  5. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008

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