Legal Opinion

Phillips v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 7, 1977No. 32073PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged in a three-count indictment with robbing the same convenience store cashier at gunpoint twice within a one-month period and with shooting a store employee during the course of the second robbery. He was convicted on all three counts, receiving a sentence of 20 years for the first armed robbery, life imprisonment for the second, and eight years for the aggravated assault, all to be served consecutively. The state’s case was based on the eyewitness testimony of the two victims. In this appeal appellant enumerates seven alleged errors.

1. The first…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Dingler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Mathis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  5. Yancey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  2. Waugh v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. Bradley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  5. Hickman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016

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