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Douglas v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 10, 2025No. S25A0232PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

321 Ga. 739

FINAL COPY S25A0232. DOUGLAS v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Jeremiah Douglas was convicted of murder and aggravated assault for pushing Leea Raines, his former girlfriend, out of the truck he was driving, killing her.1 Douglas’s sole defense at trial was that Raines “committed suicide” by jumping out of the truck as she suffered from a narcotic withdrawal. Douglas contends on appeal that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for 1 Raines was killed on November 5, 2021. On September 8, 2022, a Dade County grand jury indicted Douglas for malice murder (Count…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2026
  2. BENNETT v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2026
  3. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
  4. James L. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2025
  5. Montgomery v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025

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