Lowery v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Jim Lowery challenged his 2017 conviction for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the death of Montgomery County, Georgia Sheriff Ladson O’Connor, who was killed in a vehicular accident while pursuing Appellant. Appellant argued: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his felony murder conviction; (2) the trial court failed to apply the correct standard in denying his motion for new trial on the general grounds; (3) his pretrial statements to investigators were inadmissible because they were not knowingly and voluntarily made; and (4) the trial court erred in excluding evidence of Sheriff O’Connor’s character. Finding no reversible error, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Appellant's conviction.
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