Legal Opinion
Collum v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 19, 2007No. S06A2000PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.
Appellant Darrell Thomas Collum was convicted of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, and one count of cruelty to children for the beating death of Jacob Rhodes, the 20-month-old son of his girlfriend and co-defendant, Tammie Lynn Rhodes. He was sentenced to three concurrent life terms on the malice murder and felony murder counts, and a consecutive 20-year term for cruelty to children. We affirmed Rhodes’s convictions on two counts of felony murder and one count of cruelty to children, but vacated her concurrent life sentences as improperly subjecting her…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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3Cited by54 opinions
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