Legal Opinion

Stokes v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 26, 2007No. S06A1975PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HlNES, Justice.

Keenan Stokes appeals his convictions for malice murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal shooting of Michael Norby. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence; the refusal to excuse certain jurors for cause; the reversal of a peremptory strike; the death penalty qualification phase of voir dire; the admission into evidence of another armed robbery; the refusal to suppress evidence of his alleged confession to law enforcement officers during his extradition to Georgia; a portion of the State’s closing…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Georgia v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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3Cited by40 opinions

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