Legal Opinion

Walter v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 10, 2018No. S18A1241PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

Jeneral Walter appeals his convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Both convictions stem from the shooting death of T'Shanerka Smith on February 14, 2010.1

*269Walter argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendants. He also argues that the trial court committed plain error by instructing the jury that it could consider a witness's "level of certainty" in assessing the reliability of the witness's identification and by failing to instruct the jury that accomplice…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Brodes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  4. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  2. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Doyle v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Ash v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  5. Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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