Legal Opinion
Allen v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 11, 1986No. 42967PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
Curtis Allen, Jr., was convicted of the murder of his mother and grandmother and theft by taking of a motor vehicle. He was sen tenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murders and 20 years for theft. We affirm the conviction.
As a 15-year-old, Allen was living with his mother, Linda Allen, and his grandmother, Louise Norris, in Waycross. The evidence indicated the two women on occasion physically abused and mentally harassed Allen. The teenager was receiving psychological treatment for severe emotional and behavioral problems.
On the afternoon of December…
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- Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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