Legal Opinion

Pyatt v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 25, 2016No. S15A1734PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackwell, Justice.

Tremaine Pyatt was tried by a Muscogee County jury and convicted of felony murder and two aggravated assaults, all in *743connection with, a shooting in which Meredith “Tag” Rhodes was fatally wounded. Pyatt appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions, that the trial court erred when it admitted certain evidence, that the trial judge made an improper comment in the presence of the jury, that the trial court erred when it charged the jury, that he was denied a trial before a fair and impartial judge, and that he was denied the effective…

2Cases cited57 opinions

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  5. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by56 opinions

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