Legal Opinion

Williams v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 11, 2016No. A15A1980PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Moerise Williams of three counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, he appeals on several grounds, arguing among other things that the trial court erred regarding evidentiary issues and contending that his trial counsel was ineffective. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that shortly after midnight on September 26, 2007, Dantavious Walker drove to a neighborhood convenience store…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Redding v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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3Cited by1 opinion

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