Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 20, 2018No. S18A0796PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

*538**385Raymon Jamaal Green appeals his conviction for malice murder and other crimes, stemming from two different incidents occurring on May 9 and 21, 2010, the latter of which resulted in the death of Christopher Finney.1 Green argues that the evidence was insufficient **386to support the verdicts and that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict as to certain counts. He also argues that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to move to sever the counts related to the May 9 incident, introduce a certified copy of a burglary conviction…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Hayes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  5. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012

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3Cited by24 opinions

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