Legal Opinion
McKee v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 12, 2004No. S03A1304PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
Hakim McKee was sentenced to life imprisonment for felony murder in the shooting death of innocent bystander Vanessa Kasey. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
1. The jury was authorized to find that McKee was involved in an on-going dispute with Takeevius Thornton. During the course of the dispute, the two men fought, Thornton’s room was ransacked and Thornton was fired upon as he drove past McKee on Wellington Street. Approximately two weeks after this shooting incident, on April 18, 2000, Thornton was again on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Georgia v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
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3Cited by17 opinions
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