Legal Opinion

Bridgewater v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 28, 2020No. S20A1014PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

309 Ga. 882

FINAL COPY S20A1014. BRIDGEWATER v. THE STATE. BLACKWELL, Justice. Andre Bridgewater was tried by a Fulton County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Myron Short. Bridgewater appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions and that the trial court erred when it admitted the prior inconsistent statements of a witness.1 Finding no error, we affirm. 1 Short was killed on January 20, 2018. In April 2018, a grand jury indicted Bridgewater, charging him with murder with malice aforethought, two counts of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hood v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  3. Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. Keller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. McGarity v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  2. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
  3. Hayes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024
  4. Sconyers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024
  5. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023

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