Legal Opinion

Huff v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 6, 2017No. S16A1619PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOGGS, Justice.

Appellant Shaheed Kaba Huff was convicted of malice murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the shooting death of Graham Sisk.1 The trial court denied Huff’s motion for new trial, and he appeals, asserting insufficiency of the evidence, errors in the trial court’s charge to the jury, and ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence presented at trial showed that Huff asked Turner, Starr, and Haygood to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. Gomez v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Raines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Manner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Yarn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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