Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 11, 1986No. 42547PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
George Bernard Davis, Jr., was convicted by a jury in Elbert County for the armed robbery and murder of Richard Rice. He was sentenced to death for the murder. The case is here on direct appeal, for review under the Unified Appeal Procedure, 252 Ga. A-13 et seq., and for the automatic sentence review required by OCGA § 17-10-35. 1
Facts
The victim, Richard Rice, owned Rice’s Garage in Elbert County. Shortly before noon on February 13, 1984, a person called Rice’s grandson stating that a green Chevrolet was located at the trash dumpsters on Bobby Brown Road and needed to be…
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3Cited by44 opinions
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