Legal Opinion
Cape v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 8, 1980No. 36298PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Justice.
Garnett Cape, the appellant, was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury in Franklin County Superior Court for the May 17, 1979, murder of Karen Dove. His case is now before this court on direct appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence.
I. Summary of the Evidence.
From the evidence presented at trial, the jury was authorized to find the following facts:
The appellant, a 56-year-old male, was the uncle of the victim’s mother. He was well acquainted with the victim’s family. The victim’s father and the appellant had hunted and fished together often. He had…
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3Cited by77 opinions
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