Legal Opinion
Spears v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 16, 2015No. S14P1344Published
1Opinion of the Court
296 Ga. 598
FINAL COPY S14P1344. SPEARS v. THE STATE. BLACKWELL, Justice. A jury convicted Steven Frederick Spears of murder and other crimes, all in connection with the killing of Sherri Holland.1 The jury found the existence 1 Spears committed the crimes on August 24-25, 2001. He was indicted by a Lumpkin County grand jury on November 19, 2001 and again on December 19, 2001, but both of these indictments were later withdrawn by nolle prosequi. His final indictment was returned on January 6, 2003, and it charged him with malice murder, felony murder predicated on burglary, felony murder…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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