Legal Opinion

Cargill v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 3, 1986No. 43405PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hunt, Justice.

Thomas P. Cargill was indicted along with his brother David for the point-blank killing of Cheryl Williams, a service station attendant, and her husband, Danny, during an armed robbery which netted them about $480. David was convicted and received the death penalty. We affirmed. Cargill v. State, 255 Ga. 616 (340 SE2d 891) (1986). The defendant here, Thomas, was separately convicted on two murder counts and two armed robbery counts and received consecutive life sentences. He appeals raising two enumerations of error: the sufficiency of the evidence and lack of discretion in the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Cargill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  4. Strong v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  5. Welch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Cargill v. TurpinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
  2. Lobdell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  4. Mason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  5. Rouse v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002

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