Legal Opinion
Pinckney v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 8, 2025No. S25A0267PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
321 Ga. 386
FINAL COPY S25A0267. PINCKNEY v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Harry Pinckney was charged with malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Tommy Frazier.1 At trial, Pinckney argued that he committed voluntary manslaughter rather than murder. But at the close of evidence, the trial court found that there was not enough evidence to charge the jury on vol- untary manslaughter. Pinckney then chose to accept a negotiated guilty plea to malice murder and aggravated assault with a sentence 1 Pinckney was indicted by a Chatham County grand jury on December 2,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- Ringold v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Maurice Young v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2025