Legal Opinion
State v. Cross
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 27, 1991No. S90A1620PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
The state appeals, under OCGA § 5-7-1, the grant of the defendant’s motion to quash count one of its indictment, alleging the defendant, David L. Cross:
on the 20TH day of AUGUST, 1987, did unlawfully with malice aforethought, and while in the commission of a felony, to wit: Cruelty to Children, shake Sala Shavon Cross, a human being, resulting in injuries which caused the death of said child on January 31, 1989; . . .
The trial court quashed the indictment on the ground the death did not occur within a year and a day of the injury caused by the defendant.
1. The year-and-a-day…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- People v. BrengardNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- Manning v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
- Head v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- State v. RogersTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- Hood v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
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- Skaggs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
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