Legal Opinion

Battle v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2019No. S18A1445PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice.

*337Appellant Shuntae Battle was convicted of malice murder, aggravated assault, and first-degree cruelty to children in connection with the death of her three-year-old daughter, Jazmine Jenkins. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at her trial was insufficient to support the malice murder and cruelty to children convictions; that her right to due process was violated because the prosecutor's arguments about her credibility and culpability at her trial differed from the prosecutor's arguments at her co-indictee Juan Johnson's prior trial; and that the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Bradshaw v. StumpfSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. United States v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Knighton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  2. Outler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. FORD v. TATE (And Vice Versa)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Pyne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024
  5. Moody v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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