Legal Opinion

Allen v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 25, 2010No. S09A1800PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Eugene Markeith Allen was convicted of and sentenced for the felony murder of Raheem Wilson (with aggravated assault of Wilson serving as the predicate felony), the aggravated assaults of Brandon Smalls and Daniel Johnson, and three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. On appeal, Allen maintains he was not afforded effective assistance of counsel and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and several eviden-tiary rulings. Finding no error that would authorize reversal of any of the convictions, we affirm.

1. Raheem Wilson died as a…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  4. Hines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  5. Pruitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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3Cited by40 opinions

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