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Sims v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 20, 1995No. S94A1225PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Fletcher, Justice.

Edward James Sims was sentenced to life imprisonment for the shooting death of Lymus Pettaway. We affirm.

The grand jury indicted Sims for malice murder (Count 1), felony murder with aggravated assault as the underlying felony (Count 2), felony murder with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon as the underlying felony (Count 3), aggravated assault (Count 4), and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Count 5). At the trial on the first four counts, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter on the malice murder count, guilty of both felony…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  3. Philmore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  5. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Crayton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  3. Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  5. Lawson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006

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