Legal Opinion
Leggett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 3, 1986No. 43540PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Justice.
Barbara Leggett was convicted by a jury of murder, in shooting and killing Billy Harrell with a shotgun. She was convicted also of theft by taking, theft of a motor vehicle, and concealing a death, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, and to a term of years.
1. The evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).
2. Leggett complains that the trial court erred in excluding her testimony concerning statements that she attributed to the victim. The purpose of the testimony, she contended, was to show her…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Momon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Teague v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Crowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Devier v. ZantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Drane v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Burgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
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