Legal Opinion

Sorrells v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 7, 1996No. S96A1324PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Justice.

After a jury trial, Dean Sorrells was found guilty of two counts of malice murder, two counts of concealing a death, and two counts of theft by taking a motor vehicle belonging to one of the murder victims. For the murders, Sorrells was sentenced to consecutive life terms. For concealing the deaths, he was sentenced to concurrent twelve-month terms and, for the thefts by taking, to concurrent four-year terms. Pursuant to the trial court’s grant of a motion for an out- of-time appeal, Sorrells brings this appeal from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Rowland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  3. State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Lajara v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Bishop v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Mullinax v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. In the Interest of M. C. A.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Shields v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

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