Legal Opinion

Stanford v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 4, 2019No. S18A1609PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

305 Ga. 388

FINAL COPY S18A1609. STANFORD v. THE STATE. BENHAM, Justice. In February 2015, Appellant Larry Stanford was convicted of two counts of malice murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of his wife, Peggy Stanford, and Phillip Leaks.1 On appeal, Appellant contends that insufficient evidence was presented to support a finding of guilt. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows as 1 In March 2013, a Spalding County grand jury indicted Appellant for the offenses of burglary, aggravated assault, felony murder…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Batten v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  3. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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  1. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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