Legal Opinion
Weems v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 6, 1998No. S98A0990PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
Daniel Tobias Crowell, Sr., left his College Park apartment at 9:30 p.m. on August 24, 1994, to return a rented videotape. He was shot to death in an Atlanta parking lot 90 minutes later. Appellant Richard Weems was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault in connection with Crowell’s death, and appeals the judgment entered on the jury’s verdicts.
1. According to testimony presented at trial, Crowell met a friend at the shopping center where the videotape was returned, and the two decided to call on a friend of Crowell who lived in Atlanta. The…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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