Legal Opinion
Welch v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 3, 1985No. 41981PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Appellant, George Welch, Sr., was convicted in Rabun County on two counts of murder. He was sentenced to death on one count and to life imprisonment on the other. The case is here on direct appeal, for review under the Unified Appeal Procedure, and for the sentence re*604view required by OCGA § 17-10-35.1
Facts
Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on July 19, 1983, Reverend J. C. Quilliams returned to the residence of Jay Fisher, having taken the latter’s housekeeper, Jane Snyder, to church services at a local nursing home. Reverend Quilliams left the house at 8:20 p.m. Twenty minutes later, two…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Mincey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Eberheart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Childs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Munson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
- Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Ferrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
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