Legal Opinion

Winters v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2019No. S18A1234PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

*308**226Willie Winters III appeals his conviction for felony murder in connection with the January 10, 1987 shooting death of Stephen Gary Jones.1 Winters argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to convict him of felony murder and the trial court erred by (2) admitting a witness's post-hypnotic statement and (3) failing to admit a section of a GBI report as a public record under OCGA § 24-8-803 (8) (C). Winters also argues that his counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by (4) relying on an alleged unwritten stipulation to admit a section of the GBI…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. State v. AlmanzaSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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3Cited by16 opinions

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