Legal Opinion
Hampton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 22, 2014No. S14A0768PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HlNES, Presiding Justice.
Cleo Roosevelt Hampton, Jr., appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, following his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Jared Taylor. Hampton’s sole claim on appeal is that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. Finding the claim to be without merit, we affirm.1
*666The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. During the morning of January 21, 2011, Hampton and Darion Brownlee went to Jared Taylor’s home in Clayton County…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard J. SMITH, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by46 opinions
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