Legal Opinion
Stone v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 17, 1984No. 41271PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Justice.
Phillip Ronald Stone shot and killed Charles Taliaferro with a shotgun. He was convicted in one trial of murder and of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He now appeals his murder con viction.
At trial, Stone admitted shooting Taliaferro but claimed self-defense. There were four eyewitnesses to the shooting. The testimony revealed that several dáys prior to the homicide Stone and Taliaferro had quarreled, and on the previous day Taliaferro had threatened, outside of Stone’s presence, to kill him.
On the day of the homicide, Stone borrowed a twelve gauge shotgun from…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Head v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Blankenship v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Head v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
3Cited by18 opinions
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Curtis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Worthy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Favors v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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