Legal Opinion

Lerch v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 2, 1975No. 30017PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

Lerch appeals from his August 22, 1974 convictions for murder and armed robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to four years for armed robbery, to be served consecutively. Lerch was jointly indicted along with two other persons, Dodson and Wilson, though he received a separate trial.

1. The evidence supports the verdict and the trial court did not err in overruling the general grounds of the motion for new trial.

2. Appellant’s enumeration (No. 4), complaining of the court’s charge that the jury must give appellant’s testimony the same evidentiary value as…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Bruster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  4. Millwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
  5. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  2. Huey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  3. Nair v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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