Legal Opinion

Estes v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 10, 1968No. 24846PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

This appeal is by Mrs. Felicia Estes following her conviction and sentence for the murder of her husband Joe Douglas Estes. She was indicted by the grand jury of Clayton County for the homicide, was found guilty with recommendation of mercy upon trial in the superior court of that county, and thereupon was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Two of the enumerations complain of the admission of testimony of a police officer, in that his testimony related to conversations which were not in the defendant’s presence and therefore were hearsay and inadmissible. These enumerations are…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Humphreys v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  2. Harrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  3. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  4. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  5. Estes v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969

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