Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 9, 1970No. 25811PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Presiding Justice.
The defendant (appellant here) was indicted for murder, was tried and convicted without rec ommendation, and sentenced to death. The appeal is from the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, which is enumerated as error. Nine other assignments of error are made.
The trial court excused 16 jurors for cause on the ground that they would not inflict the death penalty regardless of the evidence. The defendant contends that the answers of five of them on voir dire did not justify their being excused.
Their answers make it unmistakably clear that they would…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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3Cited by79 opinions
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