Legal Opinion

Wood v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 26, 2005No. S05A0839Published

1Opinion of the Court

620 S.E.2d 348 (2005)

279 Ga. 667

WOOD

v.

The STATE.

No. S05A0839.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 26, 2005.

William Bartlett Barnwell, Avrett, Ponder & Barnwell, Dalton, for Appellant.

Kermit Neal Mcmanus, Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Vonnetta Leatrice Benjamin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

After the death of 72-year-old Mary Ruth Green from severe neglect, Troy Wood, along with his girlfriend Rita Rene Dorlon, was indicted for malice murder, felony murder while committing cruelty to a person 65 years of age or older, and one count of cruelty to an elderly person.…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  3. Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  4. Copeland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998

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