Legal Opinion

Dugger v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 11, 2015No. S15A0578PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nahmias, Justice.

Appellant Maurice Dugger was convicted of felony murder and armed robbery in connection with the shooting death of Leonard Cox. On appeal, he disputes the sufficiency of the evidence and asserts double jeopardy violations and errors in the trial court’s jury instructions. We affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed the following. Maya Wilson testified that on the night of April 1, 2012, she and Cox were on the back porch of his house in Macon, where Cox had been selling crack cocaine throughout the day. As Wilson walked toward…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Milam v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. Dumas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by29 opinions

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