Legal Opinion

SEALS v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 24, 2019No. A19A0468PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dillard, Chief Judge.

*787 Following trial, Tavares Seals was convicted of rape (two counts), burglary, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, third-degree cruelty to children (three counts), and giving a false name to law enforcement. Seals appeals his convictions, arguing that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain them; (2) the trial court plainly erred when it failed to rule on his request for a certain jury charge until after closing arguments; (3) the trial court plainly erred in when it gave a sequential charge to the jury, and (4) trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  5. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by9 opinions

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