Legal Opinion

Wolfe v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 19, 2001No. S00A1620PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

Christopher Wolfe was found guilty of two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, arson in the first degree, and criminal possession of an explosive device in connection with the firebombing of an apartment and the resulting deaths of two young children and injury to their mother. Wolfe appeals his convictions, challenging the admission of “gang evidence”; the disqualification of a member of the venire; the composition of the jury; the court’s alleged restriction of cross-examination of a State’s witness; and the court’s refusal to find merger of the aggravated assault for…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Georgia v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Anglin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Redding v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. Sanchez v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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