Legal Opinion
Depree v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 5, 1980No. 36300, 36301PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Chief Justice.
Appellant Bernard Depree, alias Bernard Dupree, and his co-defendant, David Burney, Jr., were jointly tried for the murder of Atlanta Police Officer Frank Robert Schlatt and for two counts of armed robbery at a furniture store on May 13,1978. The State waived the death penalty. Appellant was found guilty of murder and two counts of armed robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment on each count with the sentences to be served consecutively. Burney was also convicted and received three life, sentences which this court affirmed in Burney v. State, 244 Ga. 33 (257…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Bernard Depree v. A.G. Thomas, Warden and Michael J. BowersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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