Legal Opinion
Tolver v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 18, 1998No. S98A0473PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
A jury convicted Robert Lee Tolver, Jr. of malice murder and armed robbery in the shooting death of Cindy Ray Pierce. Tolver appeals and raises several issues, including the admissibility of a videotape of the crime. Because the state laid a proper foundation for the admission of the videotape and none of Tolver’s remaining enumerations contain error requiring reversal, we affirm.
The evidence at trial showed that on Thanksgiving night 1995 Tolver was driving around with Gerald “Nick” Rushin and Stanley Simon. Rushin had a gun and said, “I am going to rob someone.”…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Dick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Lobdell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Lumpkin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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3Cited by49 opinions
- People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Gissendaner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Butts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
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