Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 28, 2020No. S19A1577PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

308 Ga. 176

FINAL COPY S19A1577. EDWARDS v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Justice. Appellant Cornelius Edwards challenges his 2018 convictions for felony murder and other crimes in connection with an attempted armed robbery of Delvin Phillips and Marvin Goodman that resulted in the shooting death of Appellant’s accomplice, Billy Favors. Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court failed to fulfill its role as the so- called “thirteenth juror.” He also asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting a recording of a recording of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  4. Anglin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Hood v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Heard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
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  3. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  5. Priester v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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