Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 30, 2017No. S17A1141PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Ahmad Edward Brown challenges his convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Deonta Moore. Appellant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial and that the trial court improperly commented on the evidence. We reject these contentions and affirm Appellant’s convictions, but we vacate the trial court’s judgment in part and remand the case for correction of a sentencing error.1

*4551. (a) Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed the following. On June 10, 2010,…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Premo v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. Tome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by86 opinions

  1. Palmer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
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  4. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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