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Jenkins v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 15, 2018No. S17A1743PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Chief Justice.

Clarence Jenkins Jr. ("Jenkins") appeals his convictions and sentences for felony murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of aggravated battery, all in connection with the shooting death of his 22-year-old son, Chavarious Jenkins ("Chavarious"). For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for resentencing.1

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that on November 11, 2012, Jenkins, Chavarious and Karl Cotton-a cousin of Jenkins-watched a…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. McCord v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. McCord v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Blackmon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Slaton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Slaton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018

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