Legal Opinion

Rector v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 29, 2009No. S09A0020PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Melton, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Allen David Rector was found guilty of murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault in connection with the shooting death of Cedric Lewis. On appeal, Rector contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that the trial court erred in failing to give his requested charge on voluntary manslaughter, that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence hearsay statements of the deceased victim, that the trial court erred in allowing the State’s toxicology expert to testify about a toxicology report prepared by another doctor, that the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. YoheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Bridges v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  4. United States v. BlazierCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2010
  5. Cochran v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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