Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 23, 1980No. 36046PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
Donald Wayne Thomas, the appellant, was convicted in Fulton County Superior Court of the April 19, 1979, murder of Dewey Baugus, a nine-year-old child. He was sentenced to death, and this is his appeal.
From the evidence introduced at trial, the jury was authorized to find the following facts:
On April 11, 1979, Dewey Baugus and a playmate left his mother’s home on Primrose Circle in Atlanta to go *689to a ball game. After the game, the two children separated to return to their respective homes in the early evening darkness. This was the last time the victim was seen alive.
The…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Davis v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by52 opinions
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