Legal Opinion
Lemley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 27, 1980No. 35912PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
The appellant was convicted of the murder of Houston County Deputy Sheriff Jesse Tanner. He received a sentence of life imprisonment. This is his appeal.
The murder was committed while the deputy sheriff was attempting to serve the appellant with a warrant for his arrest. In an exchange of gunfire, the deputy was killed and the appellant was wounded. After the shooting, the appellant got his girlfriend, Peggy Sue Mills, to drive him to Milledgeville to secure medical help. The appellant was apprehended by police there.
1. In the first enumeration of error, the appellant…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- State v. MiddlebrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by25 opinions
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