Legal Opinion

Drake v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 24, 2014No. S14A0935PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hunstein, Justice.

Appellant Jamere Drake was convicted of felony murder and related offenses in connection with the November 2011 shooting death of James Woods in downtown Savannah. Drake now appeals, contending that the trial court erred in admitting his statements to police, which he alleges were obtained through the use of improper interrogation techniques and in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (86 SCt 1602, 16 LE2d 694) (1966). Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. In the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Missouri v. SeibertSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. SOSNIAK v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Dozier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
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  5. Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022

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