Legal Opinion
Adams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 27, 1985No. 41896PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Thomas Camillus Adams was indicted for the malice murder of Barbara Caldwell, a/k/a Barbara Hartline. He was found to be guilty but mentally ill, OCGA § 17-7-131, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Adams appeals, and we affirm.
Adams and his wife lived in a mobile home in Lyerly, Georgia, across the street from Barbara Caldwell and Howard Gene Hartline. Gene and Adams had been friendly, but Barbara did not like Adams, and pressured Gene into avoiding him. On the evening of June 29, 1984, Adams visited the Hartlines. Gene asked him to leave, and Adams responded by threatening…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Moses v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Durham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Loftin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Bowen v. KempCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Charlie Benson Bowen v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Horace William Dix, Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Lucas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Byrd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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