Legal Opinion
Whittington v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 6, 1984No. 40337Published
1Opinion of the Court
252 Ga. 168 (1984)
313 S.E.2d 73
WHITTINGTON
v.
THE STATE.
40337.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Decided February 15, 1984.
Rehearings Denied February 28, 1984.
And March 6, 1984.
Cook, Noell, Tolley & Aldridge, Edward D. Tolley, Floyd W. Keeble, Jr., for appellant.
Lindsey A. Tise, Jr., District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.
HILL, Chief Justice.
Teresa Faye Whittington was found guilty of murdering Cheryl Marie Soto and was sentenced to death.[1] She brings this appeal. This case was tried and is reviewed under the Unified Appeal Procedure.
The evidence presented was sufficient…
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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