Legal Opinion

Mathis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 21, 2013No. S13A1036PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Chief Justice.

Appellant Jessie Ben Mathis was convicted of felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime in connection with the shooting death of Souphoth Thammavongsa.1 Appellant’s motion for new trial was denied, and he now appeals that decision and his conviction. We find no reversible error and affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the jury was authorized to find that on October 19,2008, appellant and co-conspirators *838Gary Kilgore and Dexter Armstrong entered the Thai Video store shouting “ATF,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  5. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  4. Newton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Styles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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