Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 28, 2020No. S19A1341PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
308 Ga. 375
FINAL COPY S19A1341. SAWYER v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. In July 2016, a jury found Devin Sawyer guilty of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the death of Michael Weeks, Jr.1 Sawyer appeals, contending that his trial counsel’s assistance was ineffective because counsel (1) did not object to a 1 The crimes occurred on November 24, 2012. On February 19, 2013, Sawyer was indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury for (1) malice murder; (2) felony murder predicated on aggravated assault; (3) cruelty to children in the first degree; (4) aggravated assault based on strikes…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Romer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
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