Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 23, 2012No. S11A1776PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Dutch Davis was convicted of felony murder predicated on a drug transaction and attempted violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (“VGCSA”).1 Davis’s motion for new trial was denied, and he now appeals that decision.
1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence *758shows that Davis and his brother, Justin, went to a vacant apartment on Camp Creek Parkway on March 30, 2006 to buy marijuana from the victim, Lafe Dalton, and another man, Alan Simpson. Simpson testified that as Dalton was weighing the marijuana, Justin pulled a gun with the…
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