Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 28, 1991No. S90A1110PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Following the death of his four-month-old daughter due to head injuries, appellant was indicted for murder, felony murder, and cruelty to a child, and was convicted of all three. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to 20 years imprisonment for cruelty to a child, to be served consecutively to the life sentence. No sentence was entered on the conviction for felony murder because that conviction was vacated by operation of law. Wade v. State, 258 Ga. 324 (2) (368 SE2d 482) (1988).
1. Appellant asserts that since the testimony of certain expert witnesses was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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- Frazier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
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3Cited by15 opinions
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