Legal Opinion
KIRKLAND v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 20, 2024No. S23A0942, S23A0943PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
318 Ga. 639
FINAL COPY S23A0942. KIRKLAND v. THE STATE. S23A0943. OGLETREE v. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. A Fulton County jury found co-defendants Mark Kirkland and Kendrick Ogletree guilty of malice murder and other offenses in connection with the arson-related deaths of Deangelo Barbary and Debra Morris.1 Both Kirkland and Ogletree contend that the trial 1 On July 14, 2017, a Fulton County grand jury returned an indictment charging Kirkland and Ogletree with murder (two counts), felony murder (two counts), and arson in the first degree, and charging Ogletree with conspiracy to commit…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- State v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Milton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024
- Redding v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024
- Alexander Jackson, Jr. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2025
- Burden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2026
- Dees v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
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