Legal Opinion

Heyward v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 20, 2020No. S20A0399PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

308 Ga. 570

FINAL COPY S20A0399. HEYWARD v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Justice. Larmell Heyward appeals his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the shooting death of Ramon Rogers.1 Heyward argues that the trial court erred in denying his request to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter. We affirm because the trial court’s 1 Rogers was killed on May 4, 2007. In April 2010, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Heyward for malice murder, two counts of felony murder (predicated on aggravated assault and possession of a firearm…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015

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3Cited by2 opinions

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