Legal Opinion
Heard v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 18, 1991No. S91A0089Published
1Opinion of the Court
403 S.E.2d 438 (1991)
261 Ga. 262
HEARD
v.
The STATE.
No. S91A0089.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
April 18, 1991.
Reconsideration Denied May 23, 1991.
Steve W. Reighard, Atlanta, for Heard.
Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Carl P. Greenberg, Joseph J. Drolet and Joseph F. Burford, Asst. Dist. Attys., C.A. Benjamin Woolf, Atty., State Law Dept., Atlanta, for State.
HUNT, Justice.
Robert Heard shot and killed Larry Thompson with a handgun. He was indicted for malice murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and was convicted of malice murder.[1]
The evidence showed…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Head v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Jolley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Heard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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