Legal Opinion

Langlands v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 4, 2007No. S07A0785PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLEY, Justice.

Steve Christopher Langlands was charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The trial court sustained a general demurrer, and this Court affirmed, because a certain Pennsylvania conviction was improperly used as a predicate offense for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. State v. Langlands, 276 Ga. 721, 722 (2) (583 SE2d 18) (2003).

Langlands was subsequently re-indicted and convicted on all counts. The trial court granted a motion for new trial, based on…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Foster v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  4. Roulain v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. State v. AllahSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Clay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  2. Rooney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  3. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  4. State v. DempseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. Welbon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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