Legal Opinion
Agee v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 29, 2003No. S03A0508PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Chief Justice.
After being indicted for numerous crimes in Fulton County, including two murders, Derrick Agee moved to dismiss the indictments, contending that his pretrial incarceration (i) constituted punishment and double jeopardy prevented further prosecution and (ii) was the result of prosecutorial misconduct. Because the record shows Agee’s detentions were not to punish him or the result of prosecutorial misconduct, we affirm the trial court’s denial of Agee’s motion.
On December 19, 1997, the police arrested Agee for shooting to death Steven Lowe and shooting Montiz Simmons at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Frank Grisanti, Also Known as Chickie BottsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Hood v. CarstenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Mathis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Shaw v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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