Legal Opinion

Burrell v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 17, 2017No. S17A0358PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Cordado Burrell was tried and convicted of murder and related offenses in connection with crimes he committed against *22Herman Upshaw and Ruth Griffith.1 Burrell appeals, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, that the trial court committed reversible error during trial, and that the State failed to disclose exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland.2 Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence adduced at trial…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Gomez v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Mims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Coley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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