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Billings v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 3, 2013No. S13A0144; S13A0145PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

After a joint trial, appellants Curtis Billings and Matthew Ross (also known as Matthew Wells) were convicted of murder and other crimes related to the shooting death of Joseph Gunn.1 For the reasons *100that follow, we affirm their convictions and Billings’s sentences, but we vacate Ross’s sentences and remand his case for resentencing.

1. (a) The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following. Around 3:00 a.m. on June 21, 2009, Gunn was helping his friend Lynn Quick move some desks from Quick’s old residence to her new townhouse. Upon…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Favors v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. McClendon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  4. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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