Legal Opinion
Simmons v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 12, 1996No. S95A1336PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
Clarence Mickey Simmons was convicted of the malice murder of his ex-wife, Sara Simmons, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.* We affirm.
After 11 years of marriage, Simmons and Sara divorced in September 1992. Their only child, nine-year-old Cassandra, resided with Simmons. Simmons testified that when he and Cassandra returned home from a turkey shoot in the early morning of October 3, 1992, an argument and struggle ensued between himself and Sara, who was visiting. During the confrontation, Sara was fatally shot in the abdomen with a .38 caliber pistol.
The county coroner,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Mitchum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Chandler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Wall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Gissendaner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Pace v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Watson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
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