Legal Opinion

Appling v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 29, 1986No. 43023PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hunt, Justice.

From his life sentence imposed in DeKalb County for the felony murder of his girl friend, Mignon Procter, Danny Harris Appling ap peals, raising three enumerations of error. He contends that the trial court should have severed the two counts of the indictment, one charging him with murder and the other with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; he complains of the court’s recharge to the jury; and he contends that the trial court’s refusal to continue the hearing on the motion for new trial was error.

He does not complain of the sufficiency of the evidence. Nevertheless,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Head v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  3. Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Mayfield v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  2. Duffie v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  3. Hobson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

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