Legal Opinion
Evans v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 15, 1987No. 73911, 73912PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Judge.
Bobby James Evans and Willie Terry Joiner bring these appeals from their convictions and sentences of burglary. Held:
Case No. 73911
1. Defendant Evans first enumerates as error the trial court’s denial of his motion to sever the trial of his case from that of his co-defendant Joiner. The basis of Evans’ claim for severance is that his defense was antagonistic to that of his co-defendant. See generally Murphy v. State, 246 Ga. 626 (2) (273 SE2d 2) (1980). This claim is based on the fact that each defendant denied knowledge of the garbage bag full of stolen cartons of cigarettes…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Tarwid v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Jorgensen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- State v. BanksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
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