Legal Opinion
Espinosa v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 15, 2024No. S24A1090PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
320 Ga. 98
FINAL COPY S24A1090. ESPINOSA v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. On August 11, 2021, Andy Espinosa pleaded guilty to the malice murder of Zachary Mejia and to other related offenses.1 On 1 Zachary died on December 9, 2020. On January 26, 2021, a Chattooga County grand jury indicted Espinosa for malice murder (Count 1), felony murder predicated on aggravated assault (Count 2), felony murder predicated on cruelty to children (Count 3), aggravated assault (family violence) (Count 4), cruelty to children in the first degree (Count 5), two counts of possession of a knife during the…
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