Legal Opinion

Jackson v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 11, 2016No. A15A2137PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McFADDEN, Judge.

After a jury trial, Arreon Lashun Jackson was convicted of four counts of armed robbery, one count of burglary, and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He argues on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction on one of the armed robbery counts, that the trial court erred in dismissing a juror during trial, and that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We find, however, that the evidence was sufficient, that the trial court did not abuse his discretion in dismissing the juror, and that Jackson has not…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. Schofield v. HolseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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