Legal Opinion

Abney v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 5, 2019No. S19A0741PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

Dwayne Leonard Abney appeals his convictions for multiple counts of malice murder and other crimes related to the shooting deaths of Kiana Marshall, Isaiah Martin, and *780Alexis Kitchens.1 Abney argues that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. He also argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial when the State elicited testimony that violated the court's ruling on a motion in limine and in overruling his objections to improper bolstering. We affirm because the evidence was sufficient to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Moon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. McGarity v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  2. Pender v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  3. Hampton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Glover v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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