Legal Opinion

Grant v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2019No. S18A1060PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

**170Varocus Grant appeals his convictions for malice murder and firearm possession during the commission of a felony in relation to the shooting death of Travis Shivers.1 Grant argues that he was **171denied a fair trial because the jury array was selected in a manner inconsistent with the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U. S. Constitution and Georgia statutory law, that the trial court erred by denying a motion in limine to exclude an incriminating statement by Grant, that the trial court erred by admitting testimony about fingerprint evidence, and that his trial…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Schofield v. HolseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  2. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. DAVIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Sawyer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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