Legal Opinion
Pulliam v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 24, 1976No. 30594PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ingram, Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of Troup County for the offenses of murder and armed robbery. He received a death sentence for the crime of murder and a sentence of life imprisonment for the armed robbery. This appeal considers appellant’s enumerations of error and a review of the death sentence imposed in this case, as the trial court overruled appellant’s motion for a new trial.
Summary of the Evidence
The state presented evidence from which the jury could find the following:
On Sunday, March 9, 1975, the appellant, Jessie Lewis Pulliam, and Willie Joe…
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