Legal Opinion
Horton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 5, 2020No. S20A0799PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
310 Ga. 310
FINAL COPY S20A0799. HORTON v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Justice. Quentin Lee Horton was convicted of malice murder, arson in the first degree, and related crimes in connection with the stabbing death of his neighbor Jeffrey Hagan and the burning of Hagan’s home. Horton was sentenced to serve life in prison plus five years without the possibility of parole, and he appeals, asserting five enumerations of error. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.1 1 The crimes occurred between the evening of February 7, 2015 and the early morning of February 8, 2015. On August 23, 2016, a Candler…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Drinkard v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
- Romer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
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3Cited by23 opinions
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