Legal Opinion

Rockholt v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 7, 2012No. S12A0638PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Presiding Justice.

After a jury trial, Appellant Lance Coleman Rockholt was found guilty of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The trial court entered judgments of conviction and sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment for malice murder and a consecutive term of five years for the weapons charge. Appellant appeals after the denial of a motion for new trial. *

1. Construed most strongly in support of the verdicts, the evidence shows that on October 28,2005, Mark Anthony Pickett attended a school festival with his six-year-old son Kenneth and his…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Georgia v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. Stubbs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Southall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Merritt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Williams v. the StatSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  4. Doleman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Lopez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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