Legal Opinion

Prince v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 6, 2014No. S14A0749PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Geoffrey Prince was convicted of the murder of Vanessa Adolph. On appeal, he contends that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to file a motion to suppress the evidence found during the initial search of his house and in failing to object with specificity to the trial court’s refusal to charge the jury on the defense of alibi, and that the trial court improperly denied his counsel’s motion for mistrial based on the prosecutor’s discovery violation. We affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence presented at trial showed the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  4. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Moss v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  3. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Brannon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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