Legal Opinion
McLeod v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 11, 2015No. S15A0370PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Appellant Jennifer Renay McLeod was convicted for the murders of Harold Reese, Jr., and Jerry Lee Lawrence, along with related crimes. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, it shows appellant effectively served as “bait” to entice a person she believed to be a drug dealer who carried money on him to come to her home on the pretext of having a sexual encounter. In fact, she was setting him up to be robbed by her two co-conspirators — her live-in boyfriend Amin Dennis, and Amin’s brother, Corey Dennis.
On the evening of August 25,2009, appellant and the…
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