Legal Opinion
Hughes v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 24, 1987No. 44282, 44303PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
Arthur Lee Jackson and Robert Lee Hughes were convicted for the 1979 felony-murder of Eddie Lee Allen, co-owner of Lee and Eddie’s Barbecue restaurants in Macon. Both were sentenced to life in prison. They appeal separately: Hughes in Case No. 44282 raising issues concerning venue, the denial of his motion to sever, admission of hearsay evidence and of the testimony of a “newly-discovered” witness, and the sufficiency of the evidence; Jackson in Case No. 44303, raising only the denial of his motion to sever. We affirm in both cases.
In December 1985 defendant Hughes confided in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Cain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Lockett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- Reid v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Walden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- Huey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
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