Jackson v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Lavoris Jackson was tried jointly with Ramel Brown, and both were convicted for murder and other crimes arising out of the 2012 shooting death of victim Curtis Jordan. One witness saw both Brown and Jackson shooting their respective weapons, and she saw a third person with them whom she could not identify. The witness also saw an unidentified man shooting a shotgun out the window of a truck that was passing by. That witness saw the victim running and then falling to the ground, after which she saw Jackson, Brown, and the third person fleeing on foot in the direction taken by the truck. The victim collapsed and died at the scene. Appellant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions, arguing that because the evidence established that the victim died as a result of a shotgun wound, and no evidence was presented that he fired a shotgun at the victim, he could not be found guilty of the crimes charged. He also argued that even though two witnesses testified they saw appellant holding a handgun, only one witness testified consistently with her earlier statement that appellant fired the handgun. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, finding that appellant “ignores that sufficient evidence was presented to support his convictions, at least as a party to the crimes charged.”
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