Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 3, 2022No. S22A0317PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
313 Ga. 675
FINAL COPY S22A0317. BUTLER v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. After a bench trial that was held in March 2013, Cory Frayana Butler was convicted of malice murder and other crimes for his involvement in a home invasion and beatings that resulted in the death of Epsie Ewing (“Mrs. Ewing”) and injury of her husband, C. F. Ewing (“Mr. Ewing”).1 Butler raises four claims of error on 1 Mr. and Mrs. Ewing were beaten on May 21, 2009, and Mrs. Ewing died on June 23, 2009. On August 21, 2009, a Walton County grand jury indicted Butler for malice murder, three counts of felony murder, one count…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Romer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
- Wesley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
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3Cited by18 opinions
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