Legal Opinion
Patterson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 6, 2025No. S25A0363PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
321 Ga. 487
FINAL COPY S25A0363. PATTERSON v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Kiwani Khalif Patterson was convicted of malice murder and other crimes for the shooting death of Tarik Bentley.1 After Patterson’s appeal was docketed, this Court raised the question of whether the Court had jurisdiction over the appeal and issued an order directing briefing on whether the trial court was divested of 1 The crimes occurred on April 24, 2016. On August 17, 2016, a Chatham County grand jury indicted Patterson for malice murder (Count 1), two counts of felony murder (Counts 2 and 3), possession of a…
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