Corley v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseVivian Corley was conned by jury of murder, aggravated assault, and the unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal shooting of Lorraine Manuel. Corley appealed, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support her convictions, that she previously had been acquitted of murder with malice aforethought and could not be retried for that crime, that the trial court erred when it excluded certain evidence, and that the prosecuting attorney made improper comments to the jury. Upon review of the record and briefs, the Georgia Supreme Court found no reversible error related to these claims. The Court did note, however, that the trial court erred when it failed to merge the aggravated assault into the murder. The Court therefore vacated the conviction and sentence for aggravated assault, but otherwise affirmed.
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