Legal Opinion
Adkins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 15, 2017No. S17A0111
1Opinion of the Court
301 Ga. 153
FINAL COPY S17A0111. ADKINS v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Justice. Following a jury trial, Mark Adkins was convicted of a number of crimes arising from the murder of Frederick Early and the non-fatal shootings of Briona Moore and Pamphylia Baynes.1 Adkins appeals and argues that the trial court erred by (1) permitting the State to introduce a purported dying declaration by Early; (2) permitting the State to elicit improper opinion testimony by two law 1 The crimes occurred on May 16, 2013. On August 7, 2013, a Chatham County grand jury indicted Adkins for malice murder, two counts of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Ohler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. Marvin BakerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- Long v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
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