Legal Opinion
Neal v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 27, 2012No. S11A1663PublishedCited by 374 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Presiding Justice.
A jury found Eugene Neal guilty of the malice murder of his fiancée Dorothy Driskell. The trial court entered judgment of conviction on that guilty verdict and sentenced Neal to life imprisonment. After a motion for new trial was denied, Neal appealed to the Court of Appeals, which transferred the case to this Court.* See State v. Murray, 286 Ga. 258 (687 SE2d 790) (2009); State v. Thornton, 253 Ga. 524 (1) (322 SE2d 711) (1984).
1. Construed most strongly in support of the verdict, the evidence shows that, in the master bedroom of his house, Neal placed the victim in…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Reese v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
- Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
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