Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 18, 2013No. S12A1978PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
In Smith v. State, 284 Ga. 33 (663 SE2d 155) (2008), this Court reversed Appellant Tavaris Smith’s murder conviction, finding that the trial court had erred in classifying Smith’s sleepwalking defense as an insanity defense. Id. at 35-36 (2). Following retrial, Smith was again convicted of malice murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Smith now challenges his second conviction on grounds of insufficiency of the evidence, trial counsel ineffectiveness, and errors in evidentiary matters and jury instructions. Finding no error, we affirm.1
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Moran v. BurbineSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
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3Cited by25 opinions
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