Legal Opinion
King v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 21, 2023No. S23A0214PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
316 Ga. 611
FINAL COPY S23A0214. KING v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. After a jury trial in January 2020, Rico Jabar King was convicted of the malice murder of Michael Brooks and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony based on shooting Brooks.1 King raises four claims of error on appeal: (1) that the trial court erroneously denied King’s motion for a new trial on the “general grounds”; (2) that the trial court should not have allowed witness testimony and closing arguments about voluntary 1 The crimes occurred on March 28, 2018. On May 24, 2018, a DeKalb County grand jury…
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