Legal Opinion

Faust v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 2, 2017No. S17A1177PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Chief Justice.

Following the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, An dray Faust appeals his convictions for felony murder while in the commission of an aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal shooting of Marcellous Brown. He challenges the sufficiency of the *212evidence, an evidentiary ruling, aspects of the trial court’s instructions to the jury, and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Finding the challenges to be unavailing, we affirm.1

1. Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed the…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Romer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Wesley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012

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3Cited by51 opinions

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