Legal Opinion
Patterson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 26, 1982No. 64152PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Our Constitution, Art. I, Sec. I., Par XV, Code § 2-115, provides in part that no person shall be put in jeopardy more than once for the same offense, save on his own motion for a new trial after conviction. Patterson was convicted of armed robbery, and sought a new trial because of the state’s failure to prove venue by evidence considered necessary to such proof in prior judicial decisions of the state as, for example, Murphy v. State, 121 Ga. 142 (48 SE 909) (1904). See Patterson v. State, 157 Ga. App. 233 (276 SE2d 900) (1981). Following this, Patterson moved for an…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hudson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Schiefelbein v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- State v. HeggsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Benford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
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