Legal Opinion

Givens v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 28, 1983No. 39825PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Larry Givens, was tried jointly with Gerald Jones. The evidence against them was essentially the same, and they were both convicted of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery. Jones’ convictions were affirmed in an appeal in which five enumerations of error were asserted. Jones v. State, 250 Ga. 498 (299 SE2d 549) (1983). In one of the enumerations, it was argued that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions, and this argument was found to be without merit.

In this appeal by Givens, his appellate counsel has filed a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Larry Givens, Ef153536 v. Calvin Green, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  2. Givens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  3. Givens v. BarnardDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2019

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