Legal Opinion

Burtts v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 4, 1998No. S98A0214PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hunstein, Justice.

Corey Burtts was convicted of two counts of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the shooting deaths of Deshonn Cooper and Jeffrey Cheney. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial.1 We affirm.

1. The evidence adduced at trial showed that on May 29, 1994, appellant saw a red vehicle belonging to Cheney drive up the street towards the parking lot where Cooper, appellant’s former girl friend, was having her car fixed.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  3. Byrd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Waldrip v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. Riley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  2. Pennie v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  3. Perkins v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  5. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

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