Legal Opinion
Cummings v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 8, 1970No. 25517PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Almand, Chief Justice.
George Cummings was indicted for the murder of Anderson Shaw by shooting him with a pistol. The murder occurred on October 7, 1968. He was tried April 9, 1969, found guilty and sentenced to death. He moved for a new trial on the general grounds and five special grounds. His appeal is from the denial of this motion.
Enumerated error 4 asserts that the court erred in overruling appellant’s written demand that the district attorney be required to produce: (a) copies of all reports made by investigating officers of the Atlanta Police Department and members of the district…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Giaccio v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Whippler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Chenault v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Hart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Massey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Larkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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