Legal Opinion

Anderson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 24, 2020No. S20A0873PublishedCited by 11 opinions

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309 Ga. 618

S20A0873. ANDERSON v. THE STATE. MELTON, Chief Justice. Following a jury trial, Dexter Anderson appeals his convictions for the felony murder of his girlfriend, Charlotta Marie Lockhart, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Anderson contends, among other things, that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for felony murder, that he received an incomplete transcript of his trial proceedings, that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective, and that the trial court erred by failing to charge the jury on the offense of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  4. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. Merritt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Rice v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  5. Rountree v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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