Legal Opinion

Powell v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 15, 2015No. S15A0600, S15A0601PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

Appellants William and Sharmilla Powell are husband and wife. They appeal their various convictions stemming from the death of Jesse Evans and the armed robbery of Geno Evans and Antonio Cunningham. The evidence viewed in a light most favorable to the verdicts showed that William sold drugs and that Geno Evans was believed to be a drug dealer. William and Sharmilla decided to rob Geno. On the day in question, William and Sharmilla drove a rented black Chrysler Pacifica to Geno’s house. William entered the house and pointed a chrome colored handgun at Geno and Cunningham who…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  4. Chancey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  5. Pruitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Lupoe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  2. Gomez v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Mims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Slaton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Slaton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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