Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 18, 2013No. S12A1759PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackwell, Justice.

Kelcey E. Jones was tried by a Twiggs County jury and convicted of the murder of his four-year-old son, Joshua, and cruelty to a child in the first degree. Jones appeals, contending that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress certain statements that *594he made to law enforcement officers, that he was denied a fair trial by the late production of an audio recording, that the trial court erred when it excluded certain testimony and evidence, that the testimony of a witness for the State was improperly bolstered at trial, and that he was denied the effective…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000

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3Cited by61 opinions

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