Legal Opinion

Dobbins v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 16, 2020No. S20A0402PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

309 Ga. 163

FINAL COPY S20A0402. DOBBINS v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. A jury convicted Michael Dobbins of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Hollis David Boddie.1 On appeal, Dobbins contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions; that the trial court erred by failing to grant Dobbins’s motion for mistrial, to rebuke the prosecutor, or to give a curative instruction when the prosecutor 1 The crimes occurred on the afternoon of December 5, 2015. A Fulton County grand jury indicted Dobbins for malice murder, two counts of felony…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Romer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  5. Wesley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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3Cited by7 opinions

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