Legal Opinion

Lyons v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 1, 2020No. S20A0536PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

309 Ga. 15

FINAL COPY S20A0536. LYONS v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Joseph Milton Lyons appeals his convictions for the felony murder of Tony Lyons, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of home invasion, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.1 Lyons argues that the trial court made 1 The crimes occurred on November 30, 2015. On September 28, 2017, a Henry County grand jury indicted Lyons on one count of malice murder for the death of Frederick Jackson (Count 1), one count of felony murder predicated on aggravated assault for the death of Jackson…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. State v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012

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3Cited by30 opinions

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