Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Sosniak v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 19, 2012No. S12A0799Published

1ConcurrenceNahmias, Justice

Appellant Marcin Sosniak is facing the death penalty for his alleged role in the murder of four people in Forsyth County on March 19, 2006. Although he was arrested the next day, Sosniak has been in no hurry to be tried, perhaps because this Court has affirmed, on interim review, the trial court’s rulings that his admissions to the police, including telling them where the murder weapon was discarded, will be admissible at trial. See Sosniak v. State, 287 Ga. 279, 279-289 (695 SE2d 604) (2010). The majority opinion recounts Sos-niak’s repeated efforts since our June 2010 decision to delay the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. United States v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

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