Legal Opinion
Strickland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 10, 1981No. 36791PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Justice.
Robert William Strickland was convicted by a jury of the murders of Eddie Lee Carroll, Lester Lee Carroll and Bonnie Mae Carroll, and for aggravated assaults upon Junie Irene Carroll, Elizabeth June Carroll and Cecil Carroll. The death sentence was imposed for each of the three murders. Consecutive ten-year sentences were imposed for the three aggravated assaults. His case is before this court on appeal, and for mandatory review of the sentences of death.
1. Strickland’s psychiatric evaluation ordered by the trial court 2 was not a “critical stage” of the proceedings;…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Gilreath v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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