Legal Opinion

Ward v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 30, 2024No. S24A0352PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

318 Ga. 884

FINAL COPY S24A0352. WARD v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Appellant James Graham Ward appeals his convictions for felony murder and other crimes related to two shootings that occurred on March 24, 2021 — one of which resulted in the death of Brian Belin.1 Ward contends on appeal that (1) the trial court erred 1 On August 4, 2021, a Paulding County grand jury indicted Ward for the following counts: malice murder of Belin (Count 1); felony murder predicated on aggravated assault of Belin (Count 2); aggravated assault of Belin (Count 3); aggravated assault of Shadeja Rutledge (Count…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004

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3Cited by9 opinions

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