Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 16, 2005No. S05A0216PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
This appeal is from Terry Robert Jackson’s conviction for malice murder. Jackson was indicted in 1999 for the 1975 shooting death of Atlanta police detective Samuel Guy who was working off-duty as a security guard at a hotel when it was robbed. Jackson and an accomplice, Wilkinson, were identified by an informant named Larry Smith in 1982, but were not indicted until after Wilkinson’s former wife, Myrtle Rutledge, came forward in 1998 and identified Jackson and Wilkinson as the perpetrators of the robbery and murder. While Jackson and Wilkinson were jointly indicted, the State…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Eight Thousand Eight Hundred & Fifty DollarsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by26 opinions
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