Legal Opinion
Colwell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 2, 2001No. S00P1959PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
In 1996, Daniel Morris Colwell was charged with numerous offenses arising out of the fatal shootings of Judith and Mitchell Bell in a Sumter County store parking lot. Immediately after a jury found Colwell competent to stand trial, he pled guilty to two counts of malice murder, six counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm at a public gathering, and carrying a pistol without a license.1 In the sentencing trial that was convened five months after the guilty pleas were entered, a second…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Head v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Hulett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
- Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
- Humphreys v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- Ledford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
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