Legal Opinion

Head v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 31, 2023No. S23A0111PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

316 Ga. 406

FINAL COPY S23A0111. HEAD v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Appellant Dennaryl Head was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Dwight Smith.1 On appeal, Head contends that (1) the evidence presented 1 Smith was shot on November 24, 2006, and died on December 6. On March 30, 2007, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Head, Miche Hunt, Michael Smith, and Christopher Sutton for malice murder (Count 1), felony murder (Counts 2-4), two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (Counts 5-6), attempted armed robbery (Count 11), and two…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Anglin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Eubanks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  2. Bowdery v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
  3. Nabors v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024
  4. Pindling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
  5. Bradford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2026

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