Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 23, 2012No. S11A1903Published

1Opinion of the Court

723 S.E.2d 915 (2012)

290 Ga. 768

SMITH

v.

The STATE.

No. S11A1903.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 23, 2012.

Brian Steel, Atlanta, for appellant.

Patrick H. Head, Dist. Atty., Gregory Lee Epstein, John Richard Edwards, Asst. Dist. Attys., Samuel S. Olens, Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Brittany N. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Lester James Smith, Jr., was found guilty of, among other things, malice murder and attempting to elude a police officer in connection with the shooting death of Joel Andresen during a failed drug deal and a…

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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