Legal Opinion

Rawls v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 19, 2020No. S20A0872PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

310 Ga. 209

FINAL COPY S20A0872. RAWLS v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Appellant Donnel Rawls was convicted of malice murder and feticide in connection with the killing of his pregnant girlfriend, Amber Beckwith. Appellant argues that his convictions were not supported by the evidence presented at his trial, that hearsay evidence of his prior abuse of Beckwith was improperly admitted, that the jury was improperly instructed on flight, and that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in several ways. We see no reversible error, so we affirm.1 1 The crimes occurred on…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  4. State v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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3Cited by22 opinions

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