Legal Opinion
Dawson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 4, 2020No. S20A0217PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
308 Ga. 613
FINAL COPY S20A0217. DAWSON v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. A jury convicted Lavaris Dawson of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Mamadou Camara.1 On appeal, Dawson contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that the trial court erred by admitting Dawson’s statements to a detective during an interview because those statements were impermissibly induced by a hope of benefit, 1 The crimes occurred in the early morning hours of February 20, 2007. A Fulton County grand jury indicted Dawson on September 21, 2007, charging…
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