Legal Opinion
Ross v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 8, 1985No. 41204PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
This is a death penalty case. Eddie Lee Ross was convicted in DeKalb County of murder, rape, burglary, forgery in the first degree, and financial transaction card fraud. He was sentenced to death for the murder. The case is here on direct appeal, for review under the Unified Appeal Procedure (252 Ga. A-13 et seq.), and for the sentence review required by OCGA § 17-10-35.
Facts
Shortly before 10:00 a.m. on September 2, 1983, Vivian Turner stopped by the home of her 87-year-old mother, Ellen Funderburg. Upon entering the house, she discovered that the house had been…
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