Legal Opinion

Ealy v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 8, 1983No. 39972PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Justice.

Vernon Leroy Ealy was tried before a Fulton County jury on two counts of aggravated assault and one count of murder. He was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to two ten-year sentences for aggravated assault, these terms to be served concurrently with each other but consecutively to the life sentence. On appeal he enumerates as error ineffective assistance of counsel, certain comments by the trial court concerning production of alleged alibi witnesses, and the denial of his motions for continuance. We affirm.

Appellant was the common-law…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Burney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. Mafnas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  5. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Putman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  4. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  5. Patillo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988

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