Legal Opinion

McCLAIN v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 5, 2018No. S17A1634PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

303 Ga. 6

FINAL COPY S17A1634. MCCLAIN v. THE STATE. BLACKWELL, Justice. Aaron McClain was tried by a Newton County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of his wife, Betty Mulbah McClain, and the wounding of his 12-year-old stepdaughter, T.S.1 McClain appeals, contending that the evidence is legally insufficient to sustain 1 Throughout this opinion, we will refer to Aaron McClain as “McClain,” to his wife as “Mulbah,” and to his stepdaughter as “T.S.” Mulbah was killed (and T.S. was wounded) on April 1, 2014. On July 8, 2014, a Newton County grand…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Olds v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Booth v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  3. Dixon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  4. Hudson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Thrift v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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