Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Hopper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 4, 1979No. 34285PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
On January 15, 1975, James Lee Spencer was convicted in the Superior Court of Burke County for the offenses of murder, aggravated assault and escape. He was sentenced to death for the murder, and to 10 years imprisonment on each of the other charges, to run concurrently. On direct appeal, this court affirmed the convictions and sentences on April 6, 1976. Spencer v. State, 236 Ga. 697 (224 SE2d 910) (1976), cert. den., 429 U. S. 932 (1976). It will be recalled that Spencer shot a deputy in the eye and killed the deputy’s father-in-law while attempting to escape from the vehicle…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Potts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Spencer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Reid v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Billy Sunday Birt v. Charles N. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- In re the Personal Restraint GentryWashington Supreme Court · 1999
- In Re Personal Restraint of GentryWashington Supreme Court · 1999
- James Lee Spencer v. Walter D. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Garnett William Cape v. Robert Francis, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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