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Harris v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 7, 2016No. S15A1699PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Presiding Justice.

Larry Harris appeals from his convictions and sentences for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the deaths of Commie Spead and Jerry Lewis Williams. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that on June 16, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Shavon Roberts (“Roberts”) was riding a bicycle on Vacuna Road in Camden County. He saw a white Cadillac Escalade which looked like the one owned by Spead, his stepfather. Roberts approached the vehicle, opened the driver’s door, and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Steele v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  3. Mizell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Moore v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. MOORE v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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