Legal Opinion

Hood v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 5, 2018No. S17A1753PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Tommy Hood was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Morrell Dorsey and the aggravated assault of Alkeyna Bilal. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to prove him guilty of felony murder; that the trial court committed plain error in failing to give, and his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to request, certain jury instructions; and that the trial court erred in sentencing him. We affirm.1

1. (a) Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  5. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. State v. SpratlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Davidson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Williams v. the StatSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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