Legal Opinion

Bobo v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 15, 1985No. 41212PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Justice.

On December 14, 1980 two Fulton County Police Officers were shot while investigating a burglary of the Precious Metals Trading Corporation store in the Prado Shopping Center. One of the officers, David Hagin, died of his wounds, and the other, Colleen Sullivan, survived. Bobo was indicted for burglary, the murder of Hagin, and the aggravated assault of Sullivan, 1 and was convicted of the three charges. The trial court merged the burglary conviction into the felony murder conviction, and sentenced Bobo to life imprisonment therefor. To this sentence was added a 10-year…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  2. Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Watkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Emmett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  5. Wiley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Holcomb v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. State v. TuttleUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Watson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  4. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. Bobo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986

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