Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 18, 2013No. S12A1650PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
The State has filed a timely direct appeal from the trial court’s grant of new trials to appellees Christopher James and Herman Lawson, co-indictees who were convicted in 2008 of malice murder in separate jury trials in the Superior Court of Fulton County. See OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (7). After conducting a de novo review of the trial court’s ruling, we conclude the trial court erred and reverse the trial court’s order granting new trials to James and Lawson.
Appellees James and Lawson and two other men were charged in an indictment with the August 2005 murders of Jeremiah Ingram and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- United States v. Leonard A. Pelullo, United States of America v. Leonard A. PelulloCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- United States v. VizcarraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- United States v. Gary Senn, Joseph L. Marino, Nathan Thomas Cannon, Alfred Destefano, and John WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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