Legal Opinion
Dye v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 1, 1964No. 22480PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
Bernard Dye was indicted by the grand jury of McDuffie County for the murder of Otis Rabun by shooting him with a rifle. A superior court jury in that county has three times found him guilty without a recommendation of mercy. Following the first trial, that court granted his motion for a new trial. After the second trial, it denied such a motion, but this court reversed because of an erroneous charge on mutual combat. Dye v. State, 218 Ga. 330 (127 SE2d 674). Following the third trial his motion, consisting of the general and eight special grounds, was denied. That ruling…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shaw v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- McWhorter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859
- Adkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Pippins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
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- Walker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
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