Legal Opinion
Thornton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 15, 2013No. S13A0683PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
On January 1, 2008, Dennis Rogers was found with a gunshot wound to his head in the passenger seat of Edwin Wynn’s car on a Newton County road. He died four days later as a result of that injury. Appellant Courtney Courtmentez Thornton was convicted of and sentenced for the malice murder of Rogers, the armed robbery of Wynn, theft by receiving a gun stolen in 2005 from a car in Rockdale County, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and, in a bifurcated proceeding, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Thornton has filed a timely appeal to this…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Pruitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- Mobley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
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