Legal Opinion
Anglin v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 2, 1979No. 34746PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
John Thomas Anglin, Jr., was indicted along with his father, John Thomas Anglin, Sr., for the murders of Benjamin Harry (Benjie) Tygart and Johnny Waugh Luke. The junior and senior Anglins were tried separately, and were convicted and given life sentences for both offenses. The father’s conviction was affirmed in Anglin v. State, 243 Ga. 720 (1979). This is the son’s appeal.
Evidence was presented in the junior Anglin’s case authorizing the jury to find that he and his father conspired together to create the impression that he had died accidentally in a house fire,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Mooney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Wade v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Godfrey v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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