Legal Opinion
Whitaker v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 18, 1998No. S98A0431, S98A0434PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Devagas Whitaker, Aaron Kenneth Spear, and Gary Bernard Spear, Jr., were jointly indicted, tried, and convicted of malice murder, felony murder predicated on aggravated assault, and aggravated assault in the shooting death of Randolph Barber. Whitaker appeals in Case No. S98A0431; Aaron and Gary Spear jointly appeal in Case No. S98A0434. We affirm in this consolidated opinion.
The victim and his friends, Temica Stewart, Quandra Wortham, and Willie Harper, were approached by defendant Gary Spear as they were walking to a nightclub in the early hours of the morning. Wortham,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by18 opinions
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