Legal Opinion
Burney v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 3, 1979No. 34749PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
The appellant, David Burney, Jr., was convicted of the murder of City of Atlanta Police Officer Frank Schlatt and the armed robberies of Ronald Dukes, who was the manager of the Dixie Furniture Store, and George Malcom, who was an employee of the furniture store. These crimes were committed by the appellant and others during their holdup of the Dixie Furniture Store on May 13, 1978. The appellant’s trial was held in the Fulton Superior Court in November of 1978, and he was given three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment.
1. In the first enumeration of error, the…
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3Cited by72 opinions
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