Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 23, 2022No. S22A1236PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
314 Ga. 484
FINAL COPY S22A1236. WHEELER v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. Eric Wheeler appeals his convictions for murder, aggravated assault, and other crimes arising from the fatal shooting of Sonya Corbett and non-fatal shooting of Albert Carter.1 Wheeler’s sole 1 The crimes occurred on April 26, 2003. On January 27, 2004, Wheeler was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for the malice murder of Corbett (Count 1); three counts of felony murder against Corbett (Counts 2-4); two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, against Corbett and Carter (Counts 5 and 7); the…
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