Legal Opinion
Bagwell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 26, 1998No. S98A0686PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
A jury found Janet Hardin Bagwell guilty of malice murder and of possession of a firearm during the commission of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Ronald Bagwell. Ms. Bagwell appeals from her convictions and from the denial of her motion for new trial as amended, claiming insufficiency of the evidence and numerous instances of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The claims are without merit, and we affirm.
The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. At approximately 11:22 p.m. on August 11, 1994, the Floyd County police…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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