Legal Opinion

Hernandez v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 17, 2016No. S16A0936PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Fernando Hernandez challenges his convictions for malice murder and a firearm offense in connection with the shooting death of Edgar Rodriguez-Gonzalez. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in allowing the jurors to submit questions to be asked to *797the witnesses and in ruling that part of his custodial statement to the police was admissible. He also asserts that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. We affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed the following. On the morning of Labor Day 2010, the…

2Cases cited19 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. Mallory v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  5. Gates v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Rainwater v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Dublin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Benton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Beasley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Doricien v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020

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