Legal Opinion

Mosely v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 26, 1998No. S97A1797PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Justice.

Samuel Joseph Mosely was convicted of the malice murder of his wife, Pamela Mosely. On appeal, he asserts that the trial court erred in failing to strike two prospective jurors for cause, and he challenges the admissibility of his statements to the investigating officers. Finding no error, we affirm.

Mosely drove up to the emergency room of Stephens County Hospital with his wife slumped over in the passenger seat. She was pronounced dead on arrival from a shotgun wound to her head. Mosely had a superficial shotgun pellet wound to his lower left leg. He told a hospital…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Matthews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  3. Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  4. Lively v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  5. Garland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  2. United States v. JamisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2007
  3. State v. KirbabasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Veal v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Redding v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015

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