Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 15, 1993No. S92A1548PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Presiding Justice.
Solomon Thompson was found guilty of the felony murder, rape and burglary of Maria Kelly, and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for felony murder, life imprisonment for rape, and five years for the possession charge. Thompson appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
On July 26, 1987, police found the body of Maria Kelly in her home. On that same day while officers were still inspecting the crime scene and before information about the murder had been released to the public, a police dispatcher received a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Dampier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Blankenship v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Rainwater v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
3Cited by48 opinions
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- Robert Lewis Collier v. Tony Turpin, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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