Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 27, 1979No. 34414PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his convictions of murder, rape, sodomy, aggravated assault and armed robbery, for which he was given a life sentence for each offense, other than 10-years’ imprisonment for aggravated assault.

1. The first enumeration of error is the denial of a Brady 1 motion for an in camera inspection of all investigatory information and materials in the possession of the state which linked with illicit drug activities, any owner, past or present, of the retail clothing store where the crimes were perpetrated.

The burden is on the appellant to show that he was…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Pryor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  5. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Waters v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  2. Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. Kesler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997

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