Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 1, 2021No. S20A1245PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

310 Ga. 886

FINAL COPY S20A1245. JONES v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Delaljujuan1 Jones was tried by a Grady County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with a shooting that killed Stanley Hill and wounded three others. Jones appeals, contending that the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient to sustain three of his convictions, that the trial court erred when it denied his request to charge the jury on the defense of justification, and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to present evidence that Hill and others…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. DAVIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2019

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  5. Redding v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021

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