Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. Francis
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided June 28, 1985No. Civ. A. C84-354RPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
This is a death penalty case. On March 9, 1978, a jury in the Superior Court of Polk County found Robert Godfrey guilty of two counts of murder 1 and sentenced him to death.
Based on the evidence adduced at trial the jury was authorized to find that in September of 1977 Godfrey was estranged from his wife. At the time of the shootings she was living in a trailer with her mother and daughter. The trailer was located within one hundred yards from Godfrey’s.
On September 20, 1977, the day before a court hearing was supposed to take place…
2Cases cited66 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Whittlesey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
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