Legal Opinion

Fielding v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 13, 2004No. S04A0856PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEARS, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Robert Eugene Fielding appeals his convictions for murder and robbery, 1 resulting in a life sentence, claiming that trial counsel was ineffective and that the trial court erred in admitting prior transaction evidence. We have considered the record and conclude these enumerations are without merit. Having found the evidence sufficient to support appellant’s convictions, we affirm.

The evidence of record shows that one night in May 1994, the victim, Mary Stewart, disappeared while working late at the Richmond County Department of Family and Children Services…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  4. Gilstrap v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  5. Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  2. Watkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Upton v. ParksSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  4. Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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