Gadson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Nkosi Gadson was found guilty of committing a series of crimes against Amady Seydi and Tarah Medsker, culminating in the shooting death of Seydi on October 11, 2005. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, 1 challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the trial court’s instructions to the jury and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.
1. The evidence adduced at trial authorized the jury to find that Amady Seydi and his girlfriend, Tarah Medsker, lived in an apartment in the same complex where appellant and his brother,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Jennings v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
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