Legal Opinion
Potts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 15, 1990No. S89D0359PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
In 1976 defendant was convicted of the murder of Michael Priest and sentenced to death by the Forsyth County Superior Court. His sentence was overturned in Potts v. Zant, 734 F2d 526 (11th Cir. 1984). After a new sentencing trial held in Richmond County pursuant to defendant’s motion for change of venue, he again received the death penalty on January 14,1988. This sentence was affirmed by this court in Potts v. State, 259 Ga. 96 (376 SE2d 851), cert. denied, __ U. S. __ (110 SC 214, 107 LE2d 166) (1989).
A Cobb County jury found defendant guilty of the aggravated assault…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- McKaskle v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Johnson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jarrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by30 opinions
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