Legal Opinion

Saffold v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 21, 2016No. S15A1375PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Jeremy Saffold challenges his convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting deaths of Dorothy and Michael Walker. We affirm.

1. (a) Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed the following. On the night of October 14, 2009, Thomas Raines was visiting the Walkers, drinking moonshine with Michael in the shed behind their trailer home on Highway 80 in Upson County. Raines saw Appellant and Octavious Hart, who both appeared to be high on drugs, enter the shed without knocking. Appellant discussed…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  4. Fair v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  5. Peoples v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Stripling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
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  3. Cox v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Walter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Herrington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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