Legal Opinion

Sims v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 28, 2025No. S25A0058PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

321 Ga. 627

FINAL COPY S25A0058. SIMS v. THE STATE. S25A0150. GLOVER v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Colton Jerrod Sims and Monte Glover were convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of DeCoby Barlow and the contemporaneous aggravated assault of Landon Brown.1 Both Sims and Glover challenge the sufficiency of 1 The crimes occurred on December 8 to 9, 2018. In February 2019, a Henry County grand jury indicted Sims, Glover, and co-defendant Jalon Edwards for malice murder (Count 1), felony murder predicated on aggravated assault (Count 2), two counts of…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. McDaniel v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. Wesley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Hayes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Badie v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2026
  2. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2026
  3. Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2026
  4. Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
  5. Emer J. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2025

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