Legal Opinion

McWilliams v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 6, 2006No. S06A0420PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

Marvin Louis McWilliams appeals his conviction for felony murder in connection with the death of his wife, Jacqueline Andrews McWilliams. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Construed to support the verdict, the evidence showed that J acqueline McWilliams’s body was discovered in a stream on April 22, 1997. She had been strangled to death, and had some bruising and lacerations around her face. Investigators went to the house she shared with her husband, Marvin McWilliams, but no one answered. They left a card asking McWilliams to telephone them; he did so, and agreed to meet…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Lance v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  2. Webb v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  3. Berryhill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  4. Krirat v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Dunn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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