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Hayes v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 3, 1997No. S97A1263PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

Tyran Lamont Hayes appeals his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in connection with the fatal shooting of Fredy Melvin Chandler II.1 Passersby spied Chandler’s body in a ditch adjacent to Highway 25 in Burke County. He was found lying face down and clutching a set of *810car keys attached to a frame containing a photograph of a baby. Chandler had sustained a gunshot wound to the head from a shotgun or high powered rifle fired from a distance of one to three feet. Toxicology tests performed on Chandler’s body revealed that his…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Cuzzort v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  4. Potts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  5. Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  5. Speed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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