Legal Opinion
Dennis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 2013No. S13A0758PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Justice.
A jury convicted Amin Dennis of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and other crimes in connection with the deaths of Jerry Lee Lawrence and Harold Reese, Jr.1 On appeal, Dennis contends that he did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily make his *689statement to police. Because the trial court correctly ruled that Dennis’s statement was voluntary and admissible, we affirm the convictions.
1. The State presented evidence at trial that Dennis and his brother and co-defendant, Corey Dennis, had been watching Reese’s house for weeks. In the early morning hours of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Vergara v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Woodall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
- Howard v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
- Andemical v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
- McKinney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
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