Legal Opinion

Freeman v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 20, 2015No. S15A0316PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Anthony Lamar Freeman was convicted of felony murder and other related crimes based upon a guilty plea entered in 1995. He now appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for leave to file an out-of-time appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The criminal charges against appellant included a charge of malice murder and other crimes related to the rape and shooting death of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. At the time of the crimes, appellant was fifteen years of age. In 1995, at the age of sixteen, appellant entered a plea of guilty to felony murder, armed…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Thompson v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by7 opinions

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