Legal Opinion
Gaddis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 20, 1977No. 31846PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
This is a companion case to Birt v. State, 236 Ga. 815 (225 SE2d 248) (1976) and Reed v. State, 238 Ga. 457 (233 SE2d 369) (1977). Following trial by jury in Jefferson County, Bobby Gene Gaddis was found guilty of two counts of burglary, two counts of armed robbery, and two counts of murder. He was sentenced to 20 years for each count of burglary, to life for each of the offenses of armed robbery and to death for each of the offenses of murder.
The case is before this court on appeal and for review of the death sentences. The facts of this case are reported in…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Davis v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gregg v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Birt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Peek v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Westbrook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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