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Martin v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 26, 2007No. S07A0452PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENHAM, Justice.

Cassandra Smith was killed in Columbus-Muscogee County on June 23, 2002, when she was struck by a bullet which entered her back and traveled through her body, fracturing a vertebrae and perforating her aorta and her heart. Appellant Armundoe Martin was arrested several hours after the shooting, and was convicted of felony murder (aggravated assault), possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and, in a bifurcated trial, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

1. Ms. Smith suffered her fatal injury while attending a party at which a fight escalated into…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Nash v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Devega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  2. Edenfield v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Mikell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Durrence v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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