Legal Opinion
Shaw v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1977No. 32486PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bowles, Justice.
The appellant, James Tony Hugh Shaw, Sr., was convicted of murder by a Whitfield County Superior Court jury. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. In this appeal, he enumerates as error the trial court’s rulings on three of his pre-trial motions. After a careful review of the record, we affirm the conviction.
During the May term of 1976, the Whitfield County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment charging the appellant with murder. The case was called for trial on August 30, 1976. A jury was selected, but it was never sworn, by having the oath administered to it.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Street v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Moon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- Burnett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Potts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
- Pollard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
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