Legal Opinion
Parker v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 8, 2008No. S07A1586PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
After a jury trial, Keith Parker was found guilty of the malice murder of Rosalind Mechelle Hill, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. He also pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The trial court treated the felony murder verdict as surplusage, merged the aggravated assault count into the malice murder count, entered judgments of conviction on the remaining counts, and sentenced Parker to life imprisonment for malice murder and to five-year terms on the weapons charges. A motion for new trial was…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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- Stinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
- Grier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
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