Legal Opinion
Phillips v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 3, 2005No. S05A1553PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
At Obie Phillips’ original trial, the jury was unable to reach a verdict on alternative malice and felony murder charges, but found him not guilty of aggravated assault. Thereafter, he filed a plea in bar, asserting that the acquittal prevented the State from retrying him for felony murder based upon commission of aggravated assault. The trial court denied the motion, and that ruling was affirmed on appeal. Phillips v. State, 272 Ga. 840 (537 SE2d 63) (2000).
In February of 2001, the trial court placed the case on its administrative dead docket. Phillips’ retrial commenced in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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