Legal Opinion

Lay v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 29, 2019No. S19A0361PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nahmias, Presiding Justice.

**715Appellant Jonah Lay was convicted of two counts of felony murder and a firearm offense in connection with the shooting death of Jason Abram. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient to support his convictions, that venue was not sufficiently proved, that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to certain testimony, and that he was not given the proper amount of time for his closing argument. As explained below, we reject Appellant's contentions, but because the trial court erred by entering convictions and…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by15 opinions

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