Legal Opinion
State v. Gates
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 18, 2025No. S25A0083PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
321 Ga. 45
FINAL COPY S25A0083. THE STATE v. GATES. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. The trial court granted immunity and dismissed charges for malice murder and some other crimes against Anthony Gates related to the shooting death of Ronald Hammock, and the State appeals. The State argues that the uncontradicted evidence, by way of a surveillance video, shows that Gates shot Hammock as Hammock was trying to flee and, therefore, Gates was not reasonably defending himself. After consideration of the full record on appeal, we cannot say that there is no evidence to support the trial court’s…
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