Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 3, 2019No. S19A0185PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackwell, Justice.

**50In February 2018, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Graham Williams, charging him with distributing heroin in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act1 and felony murder predicated upon the unlawful distribution of heroin,2 both charges arising *119from the fatal overdose of Leslie Gregg Ivey. Six months later, the trial court dismissed the indictment, concluding that evidence presented at a pretrial hearing did not show that Williams was, in fact, guilty of distributing heroin. The State appeals, and for the reasons that follow, we reverse.

1. Soon after he was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  2. Kimbrough v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. State v. GrubeSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. State v. BrannanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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3Cited by7 opinions

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