Legal Opinion
Heard v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 12, 2010No. S10A0866PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Presiding Justice.
A jury found Ricky Heard guilty of two counts of felony murder, two counts of armed robbery, three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of theft by receiving stolen property, criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and hijacking a motor vehicle. Treating one of the felony murder counts as surplusage, the trial court sentenced Heard to life imprisonment for the other felony murder count and for one of the armed robbery counts, a consecutive 20-year term for hijacking, ten-year terms…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006
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3Cited by28 opinions
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