Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 7, 2019No. S19A0936PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

307 Ga. 263

FINAL COPY S19A0936. SMITH v. THE STATE. S19A0937. JACKSON v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Rodney Tyrone Smith and Javon Tyler Jackson appeal from the denial of their motions for new trial after a jury found them guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Stephanie Smith and the shooting of Rasheeda Bostic.1 Both Smith and Jackson claim that the State presented 1 The crimes occurred on August 20, 2016. Smith and Jackson were indicted jointly by a Chatham County grand jury on February 22, 2017, for malice murder, felony murder predicated on…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Schofield v. HolseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Kirby v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Hood v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  2. Heade v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  4. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  5. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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