Boyd v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
A jury found Spencer Boyd guilty of the murder of Joseph Andrew Newell and the trial court sentenced him to life imprison-. *454ment.1 2The issue at trial was whether Boyd was at the scene and shot Newell. Boyd challenges the admission of an eyewitness’s statement to police and other evidentiary rulings and the trial court’s comments before the jury on his case. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
1. The evidence presented at trial shows that Newell had backed his red car into a driveway next to a field adjacent to 525 Corn Avenue in Albany, Georgia. As he switched…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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