Legal Opinion
Whittington v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 6, 1984No. 40337PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Chief Justice.
Teresa Faye Whittington was found guilty of murdering Cheryl Marie Soto and was sentenced to death.1 She brings this appeal. This case was tried and is reviewed under the Unified Appeal Procedure.
The evidence presented was sufficient to allow the jury to find the facts which follow. Teresa Whittington graduated from Madison County High School in May 1981, and began working at a Starvin’ Marvin store in Athens, Georgia, in August where she met Richard (“Rick”) Soto during the first part of October 1981. She recounted her relationship with him and the January 26,1982, murder…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Felker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Bright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
- Mize v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Young v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
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