Legal Opinion
McAllister v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 23, 1998No. S98A0965PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
A jury found Michael Gabriel McAllister guilty of malice murder in the strangulation death of Donna Evelyn Ward. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, McAllister appeals his murder conviction, challenging the admission of his inculpatory statement to investigators, the admission of autopsy photographs of the victim, and the sufficiency of the evidence of guilt. The challenges are without merit, and we affirm.
On the morning of October 6, 1995, Donna Ward was found dead by her seven-year-old son; she was lying nude in a few inches of water in her bathtub. The cause of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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