Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 20, 1996No. S96A0181PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Chief Justice.

Brian Anthony Davis brings this appeal from his conviction for murder. * The victim, Sapp, was found in a wooded area, shot to death, his body partially burned and with an electrical cord tied to an ankle and his neck. Witnesses testified that Davis, Jones, and Sapp went into the woods, but only Davis and Jones returned, and that both Jones and Davis, who was a juvenile, claimed to have done the shooting. According to witnesses, Davis took other juveniles to the scene after the shooting, urinated on the body, poured gasoline on it and lit it, and dragged it to a ditch by…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Cain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Pass v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  5. Philmore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  2. Hanifa v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  5. Heard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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