Legal Opinion

Bunnell v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 7, 2013No. S12A1504PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

A Walton County jury convicted Jeffrey Jay Bunnell of malice murder and tampering with the evidence in connection with the beating death of 70-year-old Margie Eason.1 Bunnell challenges the trial court’s rulings admitting into evidence his videotaped statement to police, the hearsay testimony of three witnesses, testimony about a driver’s license suspension for driving under the influence, and post-autopsy photographs. Because the trial court did not err in its evidentiary rulings, we affirm.

1. The evidence presented at trial shows that Bunnell, who was 46 years old at…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  4. Vergara v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  5. Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  2. KEMP v. THE STATE (Three Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Norton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  4. Edenfield v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  5. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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