Legal Opinion
Stanley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 28, 2008No. S07A1553PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
Serlester Stanley appeals the denial of his motion for new trial and his convictions for malice murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal stabbing of Therlin Gates. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence with regard to the possession charge and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Finding the challenges to be without merit, we affirm.
The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed that at about 11:00 p.m. on May 10, 2003, Serlester Stanley, his nephew, E.J. Taylor, Therlin Gates, and several other people…
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