Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 28, 2006No. S06A1473PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENHAM, Justice.

Bernard William Green appeals in this case from his conviction for the malice murder of Jerry Post. The evidence at trial showed the victim’s wife Debra told her friend Annette Kelly she wanted to find someone to kill her husband. Kelly introduced Debra Post to Green to whom Debra Post eventually paid $13,000 for the murder. Green recruited Michael Raysor to be the triggerman and, provided with information about Jerry Post’s work schedule, drove Raysor to Jerry Post’s workplace where Post was preparing his truck for a trip. Using a gun Green had acquired for the purpose,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  3. Hayes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Myers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  5. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  2. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Griffith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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