Legal Opinion
Brantley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 25, 1993No. S92P1127PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
This is a case in which a death sentence has been imposed. Jeffrey David Brantley was convicted by a jury in Burke County on two counts of murder and on one count each of aggravated assault, burglary and a firearms possession charge. He was sentenced to death on one of the two murder counts. He appeals. For reasons which follow, we affirm the convictions, but reverse the death sentence.
1. Brantley and his wife were married in 1981 and divorced in 1986, in part due to an affair she apparently carried on with a man named Bill while Brantley was stationed in Germany with…
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- Holland v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by22 opinions
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