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MARTIN v. THE STATE (Two Cases)

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 21, 2020No. S20A1134, 20A1135PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

310 Ga. 658

FINAL COPY S20A1134. MARTIN v. THE STATE. S20A1135. BYRD v. THE STATE. MELTON, Chief Justice. In these related appeals, Dreshaun Martin and Tori Byrd appeal their convictions for the malice murder of Valentine Dwight Gant, Jr., and the aggravated assault of Gant’s three-year-old son.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in both cases. 1. In the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence 1 Martin and Byrd were indicted in Chatham County on September 21, 2016. Both men were charged with one count of malice murder, one count of felony murder, and two counts of…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  2. Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  3. CLEMENTS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  4. Holloway v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
  5. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022

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