Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 11, 1983No. 39709PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Justice.
Melvin Louis Wilson shot and killed Jacquelyn Brown and wounded Tommy Lee Jones with a handgun. His convictions for murder and aggravated assault were affirmed in Wilson v. State, 246 Ga. 445 (271 SE2d 843) (1980). A certificate of probable cause from denial of the writ of habeas corpus was granted to determine whether or not the charge of the trial court was in violation of the holding in Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U. S. 510 (99 SC 2450, 61 LE2d 39) (1979).
1. Wilson contends that the trial court erred in giving to the jury the following charge: “... where one shoots another…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Connecticut v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Lackey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Trenor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Denson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Mattox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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