Legal Opinion
Carter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 4, 1998No. S98A0684PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
The grand jury indicted Reginald Sean Carter on alternative counts of malice murder, felony murder-aggravated assault, felony murder-cruelty to children, aggravated assault, and cruelty to children. In addition, the indictment charged Carter with three separate counts of obstruction of an officer. On the eight-count indictment, the jury returned the following verdicts: not guilty of malice murder; guilty of the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter-simple battery; guilty of felony murder-cruelty to children; guilty of the lesser included offense of simple…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. LukeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Dumas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Garland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
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