Legal Opinion

Riley v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2019No. S18A1048PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BETHEL, Justice.

**163Following his conviction for the murder of Pauline McCoy, as well as his convictions for burglary and possession of a knife during the **164commission of a felony, Jimmy Lee Riley appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial.1 Riley argues that the trial court should have allowed certain expert testimony and that the trial court erroneously found that the "person unknown" exception tolled the statute of limitation on his non-murder charges under OCGA § 17-3-2 (2). Because we determine that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in disallowing expert…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Toussie v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Deal v. ColemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  5. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by19 opinions

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