Legal Opinion
Coleman v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 22, 1976No. 30548PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
Defendant Wayne Carl Coleman was indicted on September 4,1973, by the grand jury of Seminole County and charged with six counts of murder occurring on May 14, 1973, as follows: (1) Ned Alday, (2) Jerry Nelson Alday, (3) Jimmy Cecil Alday, (4) Mary Campbell Alday, (5) Aubrey Alday, and (6) Chester Addis Alday. On January 18, 1974, after finding the defendant guilty on all six counts of murder and after finding statutory aggravating circumstances as to each, the jury fixed the punishment at death by electrocution on each count. The case is here on appeal and for mandatory review…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jarrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by98 opinions
- Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Potts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Wayne Carl Coleman v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Mooney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Childs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
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