The court upheld the convictions and sentences for malice murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, but vacated the alternative felony-murder convictions and sentences and the aggravated-assault conviction and sentence.
Supreme Court of Georgia, 1993
Published opinions from 1993. The case name opens the case page.
1993 opinions
The court held that, in a superior-court pretrial bond hearing for a person charged with murder, the defendant must initially produce evidence concerning community ties and the statutory release factors, but the State must persuade the court by a preponderance of the evidence that bail should be denied.
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the trial court’s judgment modifying alimony, holding that a reduction to $0.00 does not terminate the award and that the court lacked authority to extend the payment time frame; the dissent argued that the reduction effectively terminated alimony contrary to OCGA §19-6-20.