Legal Opinion

Anderson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 10, 1988No. 45202PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Richard P. Anderson appeals his conviction of two counts of malice murder and one count of armed robbery, for which he was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and a consecutive 20-years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

The victims were the manager of a trailer park and her 12-year-old son — Barbara and Allen Price. When the manager did not bring the weekly rental receipts to the owner on time, a search was conducted, during which the victims’ bodies were found in their trailer. They had been bound with hemp rope, gagged, and shot by a .22-caliber pistol…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Jarrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  4. Castell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  2. Thomason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  3. Pruitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  4. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  5. Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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