Legal Opinion
Potts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 16, 1978No. 32857, 33259PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bowles, Justice.
These two death cases have been consolidated for consideration in this court. Although these appeals are from two separate jury trials, one in Cobb County and the other in Forsyth County, the cases are closely interrelated inasmuch as they involve the same appellant, Jack Howard Potts, in the commission of a series of crimes during a continuous intercounty crime spree.
In Case No. 32857, the appellant and Norma Delores Blackwell were indicted in Cobb County and charged with the armed robbery and aggravated assault of Eugene Robert Snyder, and the kidnapping and armed robbery of…
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