Legal Opinion

Ross v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 26, 1998No. A97A1895PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Defendant Vertís Ross was convicted by a DeKalb County jury of two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of aggravated sodomy, two counts of armed robbery, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The charges arose from a crime spree in which two young women were kidnapped, repeatedly raped, sodomized, and tortured, but escaped with their lives. He appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial, raising 27 enumerations of error. We affirm.

Construed to support the jury verdict, the evidence at…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  4. Luallen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994

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3Cited by46 opinions

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  3. Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. Turpin v. CurtisSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  5. Hinely v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002

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