Legal Opinion

Edge v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 11, 2002No. S02A0454PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

Kiko Edge appeals from his convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm while in the commission of a felony, in connection with the death of Verdell Willis. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Edge was a member of a street gang known as the Folks. Stacy Carreker was one of Edge’s associates in that gang. Carreker’s teenage brother, Corey, was in a gang-related altercation involving Willis’s female cousin; Corey also claimed to be a member of the Folks. Willis’s cousin told him of the altercation; Willis…

2Cases cited15 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. Wall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  5. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by31 opinions

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