Legal Opinion
State v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 5, 2020No. S20A0758PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
310 Ga. 72
FINAL COPY S20A0758. THE STATE v. WHEELER. WARREN, Justice. In the early morning hours of March 15, 2017, a fire broke out in a unit of the Venetian Hills apartment complex, resulting in the death of tenant George Hughes. Police investigated the fire, identified Kamara Wheeler as an arson suspect, and on March 18, 2017, arrested her on an unrelated warrant. When officers interviewed Wheeler about the apartment fire, she admitted that she started it.1 She was then indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for one count of malice murder, one count of felony murder predicated on arson,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by47 opinions
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