Legal Opinion

Windhom v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 13, 2014No. A13A2090PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MCFADDEN, Judge.

In Windhom v. State, 315 Ga. App. 855 (729 SE2d 25) (2012), we reversed Errol Windhom’s1 armed robbery conviction because of the improper admission of evidence. Windhom was retried and convicted of armed robbery a second time. He appeals this second conviction and sentence, arguing that the court erred by allowing a mentally incompetent co-defendant to testify. But he has not shown that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the co-defendant to testify, given that the co-defendant was subsequently determined to be competent to enter a guilty plea. Windhom argues…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Windhom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. MUSE v. THE STATE (Three Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  2. Shakrystin Brinae Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  3. E. Marcellus Windhom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2026
  4. Errol M. Windhom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  5. Errol M. Windhom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017

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