Legal Opinion
Green v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 7, 1980No. 36115PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Presiding Justice.
Roosevelt Green, Jr., the appellant, was convicted and sentenced to death in Monroe County for the murder of Teresa Carol Allen, and the conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal by this court, Green v. State, 242 Ga. 261 (249 SE2d 1) (1978). The Supreme Court of the United States, however, reversed as to sentence and remanded the case for a new trial on said issue. Green v. Georgia, 442 U. S. 95 (99 SC 2150, 60 LE2d 738) (1979); remand 244 Ga. 27 (257 SE2d 543) (1979) (The United States Supreme Court reversed the sentence on the sole ground that a conversation…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Felker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Chancey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
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