Legal Opinion
Hughes v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 5, 1977No. 32078PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
The appellant, James Hughes, was indicted by a Burke County grand jury on November 8, 1976, for the offenses of armed robbery, aggravated assault and rape. In a trial by jury on November 30,1976, and December 1, 1976, he was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery; ten years imprisonment for aggravated assault; and death for the offense of rape. The jury found as a statutory aggravating circumstance that the offense of rape was committed during the commission of another capital felony, armed robbery.
His case is before…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. EstevezSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Whippler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Stevens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Dampier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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