Legal Opinion
Drane v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 25, 2012No. S12A0857PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
A jury convicted Leonard Maurice Drane of committing murder and aggravated battery against Renee Blackmon and sentenced Drane to death for the murder. Initially on diréct appeal, this Court affirmed on a number of issues and held that the evidence for the convictions and for the statutory aggravating circumstances supporting the death sentence was sufficient. See Drane v. State, 265 Ga. 255 (455 SE2d 27) (1995). However, this Court remanded the case for the trial court, the Superior Court of Elbert County, to conduct a hearing regarding the State’s use of peremptory strikes…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Timberlake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Crowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Dick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Drane v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
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3Cited by18 opinions
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