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Ross v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 9, 1997No. S97A0124PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

Charles Robert Ross was indicted and tried for the malice murder and felony murder of his stepson, Keith Cox, and for the aggravated assault of his wife, Judy Wylene Ross. A Lamar County jury acquitted him of malice murder and the aggravated assault of Mrs. Ross but found him guilty of felony murder while in the commission of aggravated assault for the fatal shooting of Cox. We affirm the conviction for felony murder.

The evidence, viewed in favor of the verdict, showed that Cox lived part of the time with his mother and stepfather and that he kept clothes in the Rosses’ spare…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. De Palma v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  3. Mooney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. Saylors v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Lindsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Bishop v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  2. Sallie v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  3. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  4. Grissom v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. Stansell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998

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