Legal Opinion
Griggs v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 27, 1987No. 73703, 73704PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Appellants Griggs (case no. 73703) and Brown (case no. 73704), both residents of Fulton County, were jointly indicted and tried for the armed robbery of a Newton County household. Both pled “not guilty” and alleged that they had not been in Newton County, the situs of the crime, and, moreover, that they had not even been together at the time the crime occurred. A Newton County jury found both guilty as charged, and they were sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. Both have appealed from this judgment, Griggs assigning error on the general grounds (sufficiency of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Stevens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Rachel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Manley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Baker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Burroughs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Hardy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Bacon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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