Legal Opinion
McWhorter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 13, 1999No. S99A1058PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
Rodney McWhorter was convicted in Elbert County of the shooting deaths of Stanley Jarrells and Lakeisha Gordon and armed robbery. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murders and a consecutive twenty-year term of imprisonment for the armed robbery. He appeals and we affirm.
1. Viewed to support the verdict, the evidence at trial established that McWhorter, the victims Jarrells and Gordon, and Jarrells’ cousin drove from Athens to Elberton in order to sell drugs. Jarrells and Gordon secured a room at the Jolise Inn and McWhorter secured a room…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Burgeson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Dennard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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