Legal Opinion

Carter v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 9, 1999No. A99A1479PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Jon Paul Carter guilty of making terroristic threats and simple assault. On appeal, Carter contends that the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence. In addition, Carter challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

The evidence shows that Carter had been married to Laura Cul-pepper, but the two divorced in July 1996. After the divorce, Culpep-per began dating Vernon Chambless. On January 7,1998, Chambless was driving to lunch when he noticed that he was being followed by a man driving a pickup truck. The truck followed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Craver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Wilburn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  5. Baker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hogan v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015

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