Legal Opinion

Knight v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 18, 1999No. S99A1008PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

A jury found Arthur Knight guilty of two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder while in the commission of aggravated assault, aggravated assault, and three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal shootings of Paul Mitchell and Leaa Vurgess and the wounding of Kaiwan Gary. Knight appeals his convictions and the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence; the legality of the verdicts for felony murder and malice murder; an alleged discovery violation; the alleged…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Chandler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  4. Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  5. Dumas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  2. Moss v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  3. Brockman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Peterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  5. Stobbart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000

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