Legal Opinion

Beasley v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 2, 2015No. S15A0930PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Presiding Justice.

John David Beasley files this pro se appeal from the denial of his amended motion for an out-of-time appeal following the entry of guilty pleas for felony murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On May 12,2004, a Gwinnett County grand jury indicted Beasley for malice murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, burglary, and two counts of possession of a knife during the commission of a crime, all in connection with the death of Beasley’s former girlfriend, Sylvia Saye. On September 30,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Body of Christ Overcoming Church of God, Inc. v. BrinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  2. Lytle v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  4. Wiggins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Burch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. McDonald v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Snelson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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