Legal Opinion

Speziali v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 30, 2017No. S17A0483PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Chief Justice.

Appellant William Speziali was convicted of the malice murder of Jimmy Breedlove and other related crimes. On appeal, he contends, among other things, that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective and that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his convictions. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

1. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence presented at trial showed that, in December 2010, the victim asked for a pre-warrant hearing in the local magistrate court, telling the judge that appellant had…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Faust v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Dent v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Dent v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. STEPP-McCOMMONS v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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