Legal Opinion
Wright v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 3, 2004No. S04A0551PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Chief Justice.
Robert Gainous Wright filed an “extraordinary motion to modify void sentence” in order to challenge the malice murder indictment to which he pled guilty. The trial court denied the motion and he appeals. We affirm.
In 1990, Wright was indicted in Carroll County for malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, and theft by taking arising out of the stabbing death of Ronald Rooks.1 Wright pled guilty to all counts, except felony murder, which the State nol prossed. Wright was sentenced to life in prison for malice murder, a consecutive life sentence for armed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Waye v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Lacey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Hicks v. ScottSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
- MATHERLEE v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
- Lay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
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