Legal Opinion
Moon v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 7, 2010No. S10A0674Published
1Opinion of the Court
696 S.E.2d 55 (2010)
MOON
v.
The STATE.
No. S10A0674.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
June 7, 2010.
James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
Robert W. Lavender, Dist. Atty., James W. Webb, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., for appellee.
CARLEY, Presiding Justice.
In 2007, Jason Jerome Moon was indicted for murder and other offenses. When the case was called for trial on April 7, 2008, Moon orally moved for a change of venue on the ground of pre-trial publicity and introduced several newspaper articles into evidence. After voir dire, the trial court granted a change of venue, but stated that the…
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2Cases cited27 opinions
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gouled v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Funk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
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