Legal Opinion

Miller v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 5, 1997No. S97A0321PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Chief Justice.

In this appeal from his conviction of murder, Jamel Miller argues only that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction because his confession was not adequately corroborated.

When arrested within two days of the shooting, Miller confessed to shooting the victim as a contract killing. He said that the victim’s wife, a co-indictee, offered him $1,500 to kill her husband; that they entered into a signed contract to that effect; that the victim’s wife supplied the murder weapon; and that the other co-indictee drove the car in which Miller…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Sands v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  3. Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Chapman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  2. Worthem v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  3. Kirkland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  4. Phanamixay v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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