Legal Opinion
Sanders v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 12, 2006No. S06A0171PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HlNES, Justice.
This is an appeal by defendant Donald Steve Sanders from an order of nolle prosequi entered on one of two indictments returned against him for murder and related crimes arising out of the death of the same victim. Sanders challenges the entry of nolle prosequi and the trial court’s refusal to accept his pleas of guilty to the charges in the indictment subject to the nolle prosequi. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.
On December 15, 2004, a Gwinnett County grand jury indicted Sanders for malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- McCorquodale v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Pass v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Fairclough v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by31 opinions
- Lay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- State of Georgia v. International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2016
- State v. MurraySupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Brock v. HardmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
- Brock v. HardmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
26 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.