Legal Opinion

JACKSON v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 11, 2018No. A15A1855Published

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Presiding Judge.

*237 In Jackson v. State , 335 Ga. App. 597 , 782 S.E.2d 499 (2016), this Court (1) held that the trial court properly denied Prentiss Ashon Jackson's general demurrer; and (2) affirmed Jackson's conviction because it was supported by the evidence. In Jackson v. State , 301 Ga. 137 , 800 S.E.2d 356 (2017), the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed this Court's decision and found that the indictment was not sufficient to withstand a general demurrer and was therefore void. Accordingly, we vacate the prior decision, and the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  3. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Jackson v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  5. Samuel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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