Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 12, 2002No. S02A0974Published

1Opinion of the Court

572 S.E.2d 545 (2002)

275 Ga. 867

ADAMS

v.

The STATE.

No. S02A0974.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 12, 2002.

Reconsideration Denied December 13, 2002.

Michael B. King, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Robert E. Keller, Dist. Atty., Jack S. Jennings, Jane E. Grabowski, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Jill M. Zubler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Johnny Lee Adams of malice murder in the beating death of Dorothea Daniels.[1] He appeals, contending that the malice murder statute is unconstitutional because it fails to give notice that the offense…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. State v. ZolaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
  4. Stripling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  5. Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997

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