Legal Opinion

Gomez v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 19, 2017No. S17A0265; S17A0266PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellants Margarita Gomez and Alejandro Martinez Huitron challenge their convictions for felony murder and other crimes related to injuries to and the resulting death of their three-year-old daughter, Esmerelda. We vacate three of each Appellant’s convictions (Counts 4, 11, and 16) to correct sentencing errors, but we reject Appellants’ many other contentions and affirm their remaining convictions.1

*446 The Trial

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence presented at trial showed the following. On May 31, 2010, Gomez and Huitron spent the day at their…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  4. Lupoe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Woodard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. DAVIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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