Legal Opinion
Muff v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 27, 1985No. 41307PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Vannie Will Muff was found guilty of the murder of Jimmie Lee Crimes, and received a life sentence. His motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals. We affirm.
The victim and his wife, Maggie Crimes, owned and operated a night club called the Disco Village. On May 27, 1983, at about 11:30 p.m. Muff and his co-defendant, Albert Hall, went to the poolroom of the Disco Village to wait for a friend. While there, Hall and Willie Moses, Crimes’ nephew, had an argument, eventually moving outside the bar. Muff testified that while Hall and Moses were arguing, Crimes came outside and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Moses v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Wilson v. ZantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Carruthers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Commonwealth v. CharrosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Hill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Lombardo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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