Legal Opinion

Collins v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 30, 2003No. S03A0165PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

Eddie Tercel Collins appeals his conviction for malice murder in connection with the death of Surendragioci Goswami. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Collins, Thomas Gaillard, and Tommy Daniel, were smoking marijuana and gambling at Collins’s residence; Daniel won most of Gaillard’s and Collins’s money. Collins resolved to rob a store, removed his jewelry, put on a hooded sweatshirt, and emerged from the house with a pistol. The three men got into Daniel’s car and Daniel drove until one of the others told him to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Terry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  2. Rickman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Kimmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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