Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 6, 1997No. S97A1536Published

1Opinion of the Court

491 S.E.2d 54 (1997)

268 Ga. 468

JENKINS

v.

The STATE.

No. S97A1536.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 6, 1997.

Robert F. Pirkle, Hinesville, for Clevon Jamel Jenkins.

Dupont K. Cheney, Dist. Atty., J. Thomas Durden, Jr., Ross H. Pittman III, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Christopher S. Brasher, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Clevon Jamel Jenkins and three other men were indicted on charges of murder and armed robbery in the shooting death of Riceboro grocer Bobby Hodges. The State sought the death penalty but the jury,…

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2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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