Legal Opinion

Peoples v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 28, 2014No. S13A1893PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nahmias, Justice.

Appellant Kevin Peoples was convicted of felony murder and several other crimes in connection with a home invasion that resulted in the shooting death of J.R. Morrow. On appeal, he contends that: (1) the evidence at trial was insufficient to support his conviction for the kidnapping with bodily injury of Morrow’s father; (2) the trial court erred by admitting hearsay statements made by a co-conspirator before the conspiracy was formed; (3) the court erred by admitting evidence of a prior bad act by Appellant; (4) the court erred by allowing the prosecutor to refer to jurors…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  5. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Hood v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  4. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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