Legal Opinion
Sparks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 15, 2003No. S03A0989PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
Jason Sparks was convicted by a jury of malice murder, two alternative counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, attempted burglary, and possession of a firearm during an attempt to commit a felony. The trial court concluded that the felony murder verdicts were vacated by operation of law, and sentenced Sparks to life imprisonment for malice murder. Malcolm v. State, 263 Ga. 369, 372 (4) (434 SE2d 479) (1993). It also imposed a concurrent 20-year and 10-year sentence for aggravated assault and for attempted burglary respectively, as well as a consecutive five-year sentence…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Van Alstine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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3Cited by16 opinions
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