Legal Opinion

Lee v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 6, 2006No. A06A1624PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Charlotte Lee guilty of two counts of armed robbery, and she pled guilty to giving a false statement to a police officer. Following the denial of her motion for new trial, Lee appeals. She contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict of acquittal and in allowing evidence of an unindicted armed robbery to be used against her as a similar transaction. Lee also complains that her trial counsel was ineffective in failing to move to sever her trial from that of her co-defendant, Nathan Walker. We find no merit in Lee’s…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Mency v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  5. Scapin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  2. Espinosa v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. Burton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Hayward-El v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Durham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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