Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 13, 1986No. 42608PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Appellant James Lawrence Johnson and co-defendant Reginald Ross were jointly indicted for the murder of Rosetta Threet and the aggravated assault of her husband, James Willard Threet. Their cases were severed for trial. Ross was convicted and sentenced for both crimes, and his conviction was affirmed in Ross v. State, 255 Ga. 1 (334 SE2d 300) (1985). Johnson was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment therefor, and was acquitted of the aggravated assault. He appeals, raising four enumerations of error, and we affirm.
The statement of the facts in Ross v. State…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Welch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Justice v. DunbarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
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- Claritt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
- Spann v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
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