Legal Opinion
Stephens v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1976No. 30784PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Alpha Otis O’Daniel Stephens was convicted of murder in the Superior Court of Bleckley County on January 20-21, 1975, and sentenced to death. The conviction and sentence are before this court on appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence.
I. Factual Summary
Stephens escaped from the Houston County, Georgia, jail and sometime thereafter on August 21,1974, went to the home of Charles Asbell in Twiggs County allegedly accompanied by another man. Charles Asbell was not at home at the time and Stephens broke into the house wherein he located a .357 magnum pistol, which he…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Maxwell v. BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gregg v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Isaacs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Castell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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