Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 24, 2019No. S19A0373PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

**277Appellant Davious Letron Taylor appeals his convictions for murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime arising out of the shooting death of Onterio Perez Dorsey.1

**2781. Appellant contends the evidence was insufficient to convict him. We disagree. Viewed in a light most favorable to upholding the jury's verdicts, the evidence shows as follows.

The Events of June 20, 2009

Kelvin Sheats testified that, on June 20, 2009, he drove Dorsey to an apartment complex so that Dorsey could conduct a drug transaction. Sheats stayed in his vehicle, while Dorsey…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. United States v. JerniganCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015

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3Cited by31 opinions

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