Legal Opinion
Crawford v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 31, 1985No. 41766PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
Eddie Albert Crawford was convicted of the murder of his 29-month-old niece, Leslie Michelle English, and sentenced to death. The case is before this court on direct appeal, for review under the Unified Appeal Procedure, 252 Ga. A-13 et seq., and for review of the death sentence.1
*436The evidence at trial showed that the victim and the victim’s mother, Wanda English, resided with Mrs. English’s parents. The defendant was married to, but estranged from, one of Mrs. English’s sisters at the time of the victim’s death. At approximately 11:00 p. m. Saturday, September 24, 1983, Mrs.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Eddie Albert Crawford v. Frederick HeadCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Munson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
- Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
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