Legal Opinion

Coggins v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 16, 2002No. S02A1211PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Wapoinica Coggins was convicted of felony murder with criminal attempt to commit armed robbery as the underlying felony, in connection with the September 2000 death of Robert Brown in Spalding County. She appeals the judgment of conviction, contending the evidence was not sufficient to authorize the guilty verdict, the trial court made an impermissible comment on the sufficiency of the evidence, and her trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel. After reviewing the transcript and record, we affirm the judgment entered.

Robert Brown was killed by a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Lobdell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Burks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  4. Mobley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  5. Pickren v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Pruitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  2. Duvall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  3. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  5. Dye v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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