Legal Opinion

Bankston v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 13, 2020No. S19A1551PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

307 Ga. 656

FINAL COPY S19A1551. BANKSTON v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. Appellant Clinton Bankston appeals the trial court’s denial in part and dismissal in part of his pro se motion seeking to vacate his convictions and to withdraw his guilty pleas stemming from the murders of five people. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand the case to the trial court. In September 1987, a Clarke County grand jury indicted Bankston for the murders of five people and other crimes that he committed when he was 15 and 16 years old. The trial court denied Bankston’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  2. Bankston v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  3. Dupree v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  4. Dos Santos v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Ricks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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