Legal Opinion

Collins v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 20, 2020No. S20A0158PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

308 Ga. 515

FINAL COPY S20A0158. COLLINS v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Appellant Tommy Collins was convicted of felony murder in connection with the stabbing death of 14-year-old Rueben Hand. Appellant’s only argument on appeal is that the trial court plainly erred when it gave the jury the State’s requested instruction on “revenge for a prior wrong.” Seeing no error, much less plain error, we affirm.1 1 Hand was killed on January 1, 2011. On April 1, 2011, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Appellant for malice murder, felony murder predicated on aggravated assault, and three…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  4. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. McClure v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Rawls v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  2. Merritt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  3. Calmer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Grullon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  5. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025

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