Legal Opinion

Phillips v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 27, 1978No. 55654PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Michael S. Phillips, appeals his conviction of arson in the first degree. Held:

1. It is alleged that the trial court erred in limiting defendant’s cross examination of the prosecutor. We do not agree. Defendant’s former wife lived in a mobile home park. He visited her on the afternoon of July 3,1976. The owner of the mobile home park had spoken to him about a prior incident in the park between the defendant and his former wife. The owner had observed another family preparing for a party by icing down a keg of beer in a tub that leaked. He moved the keg…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Jarrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Chenault v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
  5. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Garner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  2. Bennett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  3. Tomlin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  4. Phillips v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  5. Porter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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