Legal Opinion
Cummings v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 6, 2006No. S06A0234PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
Leon Tawon Cummings (“Cummings”) appeals his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the death of Shannon Hereford. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Cummings’s brother, Delvechio Cummings (“Delvechio”), was shot in the leg on March 24, 2000; Delvechio refused to cooperate with police investigating the matter. Two days later, Hereford was driving his car with Clinton Huntley seated in the front passenger seat and Jonqual McKay seated in a rear…
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