Legal Opinion

Brant v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 24, 2019No. S19A0047PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Warren, Justice.

*141**235Joseph Brant appeals from several trial court orders. But because we conclude that Brant's plea agreement with the State precludes him from appealing the trial court's orders, we dismiss the appeal.

This case has a complicated history that we do not need to recount in full to decide this appeal. The following facts are relevant here: on July 6, 1994, a Bacon County grand jury indicted Brant for malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, and four other crimes, all stemming from Brant's theft of a vehicle that he used to drive to a convenience store, where he shot and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  4. Kimbrough v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Ronald Dingle v. Robert StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Godfrey v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2021
  2. Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  3. Brant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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