Legal Opinion

Roscoe v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 7, 2011No. S11A0415PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Justice.

A jury found Maurice Roscoe guilty of malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the fatal shooting of Pierce McCladdie, Jr. Roscoe appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court erred in its charge to the jury and allowing the State to prove the offense of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in a manner not charged in the indictment. We affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that on…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  3. Delacruz v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  4. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  5. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Haley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  2. State v. WyattSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  3. Lebis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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