Legal Opinion

Saxton v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 14, 2021No. S22A0059PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

313 Ga. 48

FINAL COPY S22A0059. SAXTON v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Chief Justice. Appellant Chandler Saxton was convicted of malice murder and a firearm offense in connection with the shooting death of John Jones. In his sole enumeration of error in this appeal, he contends that the trial court erred by allowing the State’s lead investigator to testify about the direction in which one of the bullets that struck Jones traveled. Assuming without deciding that this testimony was erroneously admitted, it was harmless, so we affirm.1 1 The crimes occurred on July 31, 2014. In September 2015, a Muscogee…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  2. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Brannon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  4. Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. McNeil v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  4. Brock v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  5. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022

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