Legal Opinion

Guyton v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 26, 2007No. S06A1532, S06A1533, S06A1534, S06A1535, S06A1537PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Justice.

Defendants Lajuan Guyton, Maurice Cooper, Frank Lewis Jones, Stanley King, and Barry Preston were convicted of felony murder and burglary in connection with the shooting death of Frederick Taylor. These appeals followed. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Viewing the evidence in a light favorable to the verdict, as we are bound to do, we find the following: Defendants Guyton, Cooper, Jones, King and Preston drove from Savannah to Brunswick in a Chevrolet Tahoe. Marti Mincey went with them. Terrence White and Sukille Miller followed the Tahoe in a Chevrolet Malibu owned by…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  4. Moss v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  5. Orkin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by25 opinions

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