Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 20, 1972No. 27277PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment rendered by Judge Paul E. Caswell, Superior Court of Tattnall County, denying relief to the appellant under his post-conviction petition for habeas corpus. The appellant was convicted for the offense of rape, and sentenced to death.
1. The appellant first complains that he was identified at the trial by the alleged victim of the crime after she had viewed him at a line-up, when he was not represented by counsel or advised of his right to counsel.
The court found that the in-court identification was sufficiently independent of the line-up so…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by27 opinions
- James Lee Spencer v. Walter D. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Amos Lumpkin v. James Ricketts, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Painter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
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