Legal Opinion

Shuman v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 2, 2017No. S17A1229

1Opinion of the Court

302 Ga. 221

FINAL COPY S17A1229. SHUMAN v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Justice. Ernest Shuman appeals pro se from the trial court’s order denying his motion for an out-of-time appeal from his June 1990 guilty pleas related to the murder of seven-year-old Ronald Wyche, Jr., whom Appellant choked to death, put in a bag, and threw into a river in Thomas County. We affirm. 1. Appellant was arrested pursuant to a warrant issued on May 3, 1990. Later that month, Appellant’s attorney succeeded in quashing a subpoena for some of his psychiatric records, which contained incriminating statements. On June 21,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  2. Grace v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  3. McMullen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  5. Shuman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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