Legal Opinion
Carter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 21, 1987No. 44503PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Donnie Carter was convicted of the murder of Earl Cooper and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.
Cooper and Carter were migrant workers who lived in the same trailer. On the morning of the murder, Carter told a fellow worker he was upset with Cooper because Cooper had slapped him the night before and earlier that morning. One witness testified that he walked past the trailer moments before the murder and saw Cooper lying face down on his bed with his hands folded under his head. At that same time the witness saw Carter walk into the trailer carrying a pipe and a bucket of…
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