Legal Opinion

Meadows v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 16, 1973No. 27762PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Undercofler, Justice.

Ebb Meadows was tried and convicted for the offense of murder of his wife, Jacqueline Meadows. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The appeal is from this judgment. Held:

1. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict and was not based entirely on circumstantial evidence since the defendant told several people that he had killed the deceased without stating any facts or circumstances showing excuse or justification for the homicide. Weatherby v. State, 213 Ga. 188 (97 SE2d 698) and Walker v. State, 216 Ga. 15 (4) (114 SE2d 431).

Submitted March 12, 1973 Decided…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Weatherby v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  2. Sirmans v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  3. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  4. Wiggins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pulliam v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Kessel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Nunnally v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Hardy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978

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