Legal Opinion

Griggs v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 10, 2018No. S18A1594PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

304 Ga. 806

FINAL COPY S18A1594. GRIGGS v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Justice. Traevis Griggs appeals his felony murder conviction for the April 2015 shooting death of Jewvyn Glover.1 Griggs argues that the trial court erred by convicting him of felony murder instead of voluntary manslaughter when the jury found him guilty of both. Because under our precedent the trial court did not err by entering a conviction and sentence on the felony murder count, and 1 Glover was shot on April 21, 2015. A DeKalb County grand jury on July 16, 2015 indicted Griggs for malice murder, two counts of felony murder…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  3. ANTHONY v. THE STATE (Three Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Anthony v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Early v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  2. GARDHIGH v. THE STATE (And Vice Versa)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  3. Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
  4. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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