Legal Opinion

Rodriguez v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 10, 2020No. S20A0874PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

309 Ga. 542

FINAL COPY S20A0874. RODRIGUEZ v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Appellant Elijah Rodriguez was convicted of felony murder in connection with the shooting death of Kevin Rivera, among other crimes.1 The trial court denied Rodriguez’s motion for new trial, and 1 Rivera was killed on July 17, 2015. On August 2, 2017, a Gwinnett County grand jury indicted Rodriguez for the malice murder of Rivera (Count 1); felony murder of Rivera predicated on aggravated assault (Count 2); felony murder of Rivera predicated on aggravated battery (Count 3); conspiracy to possess with intent to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Yarn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Rich v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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3Cited by8 opinions

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