Legal Opinion

Meeker v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 8, 1982No. 38808PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Justice.

Timothy Daniel Meeker appeals from his conviction of credit card theft, motor vehicle theft, and malice murder, for which he was sentenced to three and five years respectively, consecutive to life imprisonment for the murder. We affirm.

1. Enumeration of error 2 urges that the admission in evidence, over the defendant’s objection, of a photograph of the deceased victim taken at the morgue prior to autopsy, was error in that the photograph was immaterial, inflammatory, nonprobative, and prejudicial.

“Photographs which tend to show relevant and material facts are admissible…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Moses v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Mooney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. McCorquodale v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  5. Drake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. McIntyre v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  2. Sterling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  3. Associated Health Systems, Inc. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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