Legal Opinion
Strickland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 9, 1990No. S89A0142PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert Strickland shot and killed his wife, Yvonne Strickland, with a handgun. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.1
Strickland’s first conviction was reversed in Strickland v. State, 257 Ga. 230 (357 SE2d 85) (1987), and the evidence presented at the first trial, except some additional material contained in the JacksonDenno hearing, was substantially the same as the evidence at the second trial.
1. The evidence is sufficient to permit a rational trier of fact to find Strickland guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt of the malice murder of his wife. Jackson v.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Strickland v. DeKalb Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Brockman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
- Hightower v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Cruz-Padillo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
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