Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 2008No. S07A1779PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEARS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Andre Green, appeals from his convictions for felony murder and arson stemming from the death of Frances McKeller. On appeal, Green contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court erred in sentencing him for the arson conviction since arson served as the underlying felony for the felony murder conviction. Although we conclude that the evidence is sufficient to support Green’s conviction for felony murder, we also conclude that the trial court erred in sentencing Green on the arson conviction. Accordingly, we…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  2. Lindsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Billings v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  5. Bolston v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  2. Culpepper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Sears v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  4. Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Leeks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015

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