Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 29, 1995No. S95A1004PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
After a jury trial, Mrs. Marguerite Smith was found guilty of the malice murder of her husband. She appeals from the judgment of conviction and life sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict.
1. After her arrest and consultation with counsel, Mrs. Smith gave a statement to police officers. Citing Minnick v. Mississippi, 498 U. S. 146 (111 SC 486, 112 LE2d 489) (1990), she urges that this post-arrest statement was erroneously admitted into evidence.
In Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U. S. 477, 484 (II) (101 SC 1880, 68 LE2d 378) (1981), the Supreme Court of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Minnick v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Burgeson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Brockman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
- Batten v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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