Legal Opinion

Wingate v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 20, 2014No. S14A1054PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Justin Wingate appeals his convictions for the murder and armed robbery of Michael Wilkins.* 1 *We affirm.

1. (a) Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence presented at trial showed the following. Wilkins was Appellant’s godfather; Appellant sometimes referred to him as “daddy.” Wilkins had dated Appellant’s mother, and he remained in contact with Appellant after the relationship ended. On Saturday, January 23, 2010, Shantia Horton drove Appellant, Adrian Sparrow, and Tavion Simms from Decatur, where they lived, to Macon, where Wilkins lived alone, in her…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Florida v. BostickSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  5. Robinson v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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