Legal Opinion

Burnett v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 6, 1976No. 30871PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jordan, Justice.

This is an appeal from convictions of rape, robbery and burglary, for which appellant received a 15-year and two 5-year sentences to run concurrently. Appellant enumerates as error the overruling by the trial court of his motion for new trial on the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission into evidence of prior and subsequent crimes of a similar nature attributed to appellant. We hold that the trial court properly overruled the motion and affirm.

1. Examination of the record shows that at about 8:30 on the morning of February 2, 1973, the prosecutrix was home alone when…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Dorsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  3. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
  4. Riggins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  5. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. CF Industries v. Tennessee Public Service CommissionTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Boone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  3. Toole v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  4. Hill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  5. Ramsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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