Legal Opinion

Schutt v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 18, 2013No. S12A2060PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nahmias, Justice.

Ashley Schutt was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the death of her husband, Greg Schutt. She appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support her conviction for aggravated assault, that her conviction for aggravated assault should have merged with her murder conviction, that she received ineffective assistance of counsel, and that the trial court erred in failing to suppress her pretrial statements to the police. We affirm the judgment below except for Appellant’s sentence for aggravated assault, which we vacate because we agree…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Southall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Gomez v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Atkinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Durden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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