Legal Opinion
Gunn v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 20, 1980No. 35567PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
Calvin Gunn was convicted of the malice murder of Eddie Williams and sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the testijnony of Rusty Ivester and Mike Shirley, they and Eddie Williams, the victim, were at the Frontier Lounge in Rabun County on March 23, 1979, when the defendant, Calvin Gunn, arrived. The defendant and the victim got into an argument and the defendant threatened to kill the victim. The two went outside but the bartender prevented the fight. Shirley and the victim then left together in the victim’s car to pick up Shirley’s sister.
When Shirley mentioned that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Alderman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Creamer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Street v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Calvin Gunn v. Lanson Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Paxton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
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- Fields v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
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