Legal Opinion

Ruff v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 9, 2022No. S22A0709PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

314 Ga. 386

FINAL COPY S22A0709. RUFF v. THE STATE. COLVIN, Justice. Appellant Tahj Ruff was convicted of felony murder and related offenses in connection with the shooting death of Lynwood Williams.1 On appeal, Ruff raises three claims of error. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm Ruff’s convictions; however, 1 A Sumter County grand jury initially charged Ruff and Winfred Floyd in August 2018 on a ten-count indictment for crimes associated with the shooting death of Lynwood Williams. On May 28, 2019, Ruff and Floyd were re-indicted on a five-count indictment for felony murder…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  2. McClendon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  3. Ballard v. State v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Rowland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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3Cited by3 opinions

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