Legal Opinion

Wells v. THE STATE

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 16, 2006No. S06A1488PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLEY, Justice.

After a jury trial, Charles Wells was found guilty of alternative counts of malice murder and felony murder, two separate counts which charged the underlying felonies of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Treating the felony murder count as surplusage, the trial court entered judgments of conviction for malice murder and firearm possession during the commission of a felony, sentenced Wells to life imprisonment for *254murder and to a consecutive five-year term for that…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Brodes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  4. Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Head v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Waits v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  3. Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  4. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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