Legal Opinion
Merritt v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 3, 2014No. S14A0748PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Presiding Justice.
Anthony C. Merritt appeals from his convictions and sentences for malice murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of the crime of malice murder, in connection with the death of Jerron Jackson. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Merritt and Jackson shared a home in a mobile home park. On the afternoon of July 31,2011, Timms, who was a neighbor of Merritt and Jackson, heard gunshots, although she did not see who fired them; Jackson approached…
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