Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 3, 2014No. S13A1543PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Presiding Justice.

Kenneth Brown appeals from his convictions and sentences for the crimes of malice murder, aggravated assault, and giving false information to a law enforcement officer, all in connection with the axe slaying of Charlotte Grant. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Brown and Grant were in a romantic relationship and lived together; Grant’s two adult children, Keith and Christina Medley, also lived in the home. However, Grant remained married to another man. On December 24, 2010, Brown discovered that Grant…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  5. Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Ware v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Ware v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Lester v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Lynn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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