Legal Opinion

Goodson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2019No. S18A1428PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

**246In April 2015, appellant Douglas Goodson was convicted of felony murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony related to the shooting death of his relative Rodney Worley.1 Goodson appeals, *374asserting that the evidence was insufficient to convict and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence shows as follows. On October 14, 2012, Goodson invited several family members over to his house in White County to shoot targets in **247his backyard.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Suggs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  4. Anthony v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Domingues v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  2. Velasco v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Bannister v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. State v. RemySupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Dunbar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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