Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

PRIESTER v. THE STATE (And Vice Versa)

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 29, 2020No. S20A0444, S20X0445PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

309 Ga. 330

FINAL COPY S20A0444, S20X0445. PRIESTER v. THE STATE; and vice versa. BLACKWELL, Justice. Vernon Priester was tried by a Chatham County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Akhil Heyward and the wounding of Heyward’s parents.1 Priester appeals, asserting that the trial court erred when it admitted the testimony of two witnesses about Priester dealing 1 Heyward was killed in March 2016. A Chatham County grand jury indicted Priester in May 2016, charging him with one count of murder with malice aforethought, three counts of murder in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Deal v. ColemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Drinkard v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  4. Ledford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  5. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  2. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  3. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  4. Abbott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  5. AUTUMN LEGGAT v. NAVICENT HEALTH, INC.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2023

3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API