Legal Opinion

Bates v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 19, 2023No. S23A0881, S23A1225, S24A0055PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

317 Ga. 809

FINAL COPY S23A0881. BATES v. THE STATE. S23A1225. JORDAN v. THE STATE. S24A0055. SOUTHERN v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Tavius Bates, Octavious Jordan, and Jeremy Southern were convicted along with two co-defendants of crimes arising from the shooting death of Nicholas Hagood.1 1 The crimes occurred on March 26, 2014. On July 18, 2014, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Bates, Jordan, Southern, and two co-defendants— Stephen Willis and Demetrius Fortson—on eight counts each: malice murder, armed robbery, felony murder predicated on armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle,…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Eckman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by14 opinions

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