Legal Opinion

Binion v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 9, 1996No. A96A0948PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with aggravated assault upon a police officer. The evidence at his jury trial revealed that defendant and his brother, George Binion, were “sitting in [their mother’s] house watching TV, and both of [them] had been intoxicated. . . . [Defendant] started acting a little kind of crazy like, so [George Binion] just went ahead and called the police.” Defendant went into his bedroom and George Binion heard a sound, “like I heard a click of a rifle.” George Binion “assumed it was [defendant’s rifle] because ain’t nobody else in the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Glover v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Van Alstine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Bundren v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  2. Cox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Redd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Wakily v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  5. Hyman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000

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