Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 3, 2019No. S19A0343PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nahmias, Presiding Justice.

**69Appellant Jaramus Jackson was convicted of felony murder and a firearm offense in connection with the fatal shooting of Carlos Wallace in 2015. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient to support his convictions; the trial court erred by allowing the State to present evidence under OCGA § 24-4-404 (b) that Appellant had shot at someone else in 2005 and the trial court improperly instructed the jury on how to consider this evidence; the trial court erred in failing to give various jury instructions and his trial counsel was…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Missouri v. FryeSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  5. United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by82 opinions

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  2. Strong v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
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  4. Fleming v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022

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