Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 22, 2001No. S01A1236PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Justice.

A jury convicted Preston Lewis Harris of malice murder and two alternative counts of felony murder, armed robbery, theft by taking and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony. Concluding that the evidence sufficiently supported the verdict as to malice murder, the trial court imposed a life sentence for that offense, a concurrent life sentence for armed robbery, a consecutive ten-year term for theft by taking, and a concurrent five-year term for the weapons offense. See Malcolm v. State, 263 Ga. 369, 371 (4) (434 SE2d 479) (1993). Following the denial of a…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Gamble v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  5. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by47 opinions

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  3. Terrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
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  5. Daniel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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