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Jackson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 26, 2009No. S08A1773PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLEY, Justice.

A jury found Raevelle Jackson guilty of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, theft by taking an automobile and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The felony murder verdicts stood vacated by operation of law, and the trial court merged the aggravated assault count into the malice murder. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the remaining counts, sentenced Jackson to life imprisonment for the murder, and also imposed consecutive sentences of 20 years for theft of the motor vehicle and five years for the weapons offense. The…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Heath v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  5. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  2. Treadwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Humphrey v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  4. Scruggs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  5. Humphrey, Warden v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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