Legal Opinion

STEPHENS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 27, 2020No. S19A1345, S19A1346PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

307 Ga. 731

FINAL COPY S19A1345. STEPHENS v. THE STATE. S19A1346. BREWER v. THE STATE. MELTON, Chief Justice. Following a joint jury trial, Lloyd Stephens and Demetreus Brewer appeal their respective convictions for the murder of Eric Kemp.1 Both defendants contend that the trial court committed 1 On December 13, 2011, Stephens, Brewer, and James McDowell were indicted for malice murder, felony murder predicated on aggravated assault, and felony murder predicated on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Though the defendants were also indicted for several other non-murder crimes, those…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Old Chief v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Wynn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  2. Parker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  3. Terrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  4. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  5. Gobert v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021

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