Legal Opinion

Abney v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 5, 2019No. S19A0741PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

306 Ga. 448

FINAL COPY S19A0741. ABNEY v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Justice. Dwayne Leonard Abney appeals his convictions for multiple counts of malice murder and other crimes related to the shooting deaths of Kiana Marshall, Isaiah Martin, and Alexis Kitchens.1 1 The crimes occurred on October 22, 2015. Two months later, a Chatham County grand jury returned a 43-count indictment against Abney, James Hampton, and Diamond Butler. Abney was charged with conspiracy to commit malice murder (Count 1); three counts of malice murder (Counts 2, 3, 4); six counts of felony murder ⸺ two counts per victim…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Moon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Adkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. McGarity v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  2. Pender v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  3. Hampton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Glover v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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