Legal Opinion
Thornton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 6, 1977No. 31524Published
1Opinion of the Court
238 Ga. 160 (1977)
231 S.E.2d 729
THORNTON
v.
THE STATE.
31524.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Argued September 15, 1976.
Decided January 6, 1977.
Word, Nicholson & Cook, R. H. Nicholson, for appellant.
William F. Lee, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.
2Per curiam
This appeal is from appellant's conviction for armed robbery in the Superior Court of Carroll County for which he received a sentence of 20 years imprisonment. Some of the facts in the case are in dispute. However, the basic chronology of what happened is as follows: On October 3, 1975, a black male, armed with a…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
3Cases cited31 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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