Legal Opinion

Griggs v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 10, 2018No. S18A1594PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

Traevis Griggs appeals his felony murder conviction for the April 2015 shooting death *247of Jewvyn Glover.1 Griggs argues that the trial court erred by convicting him of felony murder instead of voluntary manslaughter when the jury found him guilty of both. Because under our precedent the trial court did not err by entering a conviction and sentence on the felony murder count, and because the arguments Griggs makes for deviation from that precedent are unavailing, we affirm.

The evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict shows that Griggs, Glover, their girlfriends, and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  3. ANTHONY v. THE STATE (Three Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Anthony v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000

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3Cited by4 opinions

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