Legal Opinion
Foster v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 19, 2019No. S19A0854PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
306 Ga. 587
FINAL COPY S19A0854. FOSTER v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. In 2005, Appellant Calvin Foster shot and killed his estranged wife, Daphne Foster (“Daphne”). He was tried and convicted of malice murder and a firearm offense in 2006, but this Court reversed the convictions in Foster v. State,
283 Ga. 47
( 656 SE2d 838) (2008). In 2009, Appellant was retried and convicted of the same offenses. After long delays in post-trial proceedings, he now appeals, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions and that the trial court gave inconsistent jury…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Shannon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Alvelo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
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