Legal Opinion

Peavy v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 8, 1993No. S92A1341PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sears-Collins, Justice.

The appellant, Lashundra Peavy, appeals from her conviction for the malice murder of Arthur Turner. On appeal her sole contention is that she received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm.

1. Having reviewed the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, we conclude that a rational trier of fact could have found Peavy guilty of malice murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

2. In her only enumeration of error Peavy contends that she received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. In…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Baggett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  3. McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Wadley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  5. Harmon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  2. Humphrey v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Polk v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Tillman v. MasseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  5. Harper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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