Legal Opinion
Belmar v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 24, 2005No. S05A1564PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Appellant Samuel Nathaniel Belmar was convicted of malice murder in connection with the homicide of Savalas Cousar and appeals the judgment of conviction entered against him. Finding no reversible error to have been committed, we affirm the conviction.
On Saturday, April 22, 2000, the body of Savalas Cousar was found partially covered by a blanket in the reclined passenger seat of his car which was parked with its engine running in the parking lot of a DeKalb County elementary school. The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on the body determined the victim had been…
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