Legal Opinion
Tankersley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 12, 1991No. S91A0566PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
James E. Tankersley was convicted of the malice murder of James Harrell and William Reese and acquitted of the murder of Richard Lavarnway. Tankersley was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. On appeal, Tankersley contends that he was interrogated in violation of Miranda requirements; that neither the grand jury nor the petit jury was drawn from a proper cross-section of the population of Columbia County because the jury pool did not include residents not registered to vote; that the trial court erred in allowing a state psychiatrist to testify on rebuttal regarding…
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