Legal Opinion
Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 2, 2022No. S22A0420PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
315 Ga. 229
FINAL COPY S22A0420. ROBERTS v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Melvin Roberts was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Jabari Pettway.1 On appeal, Roberts contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an armed robbery he allegedly committed nine days before the murder. That evidence included a shell casing that testing 1 The crimes were committed on November 1, 2016. Roberts was indicted by a Gwinnett County grand jury on February 1, 2017 on one count each of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and theft by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Olds v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
- United States v. Serge EdouardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- Anglin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
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3Cited by15 opinions
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