Legal Opinion
Paxton v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 17, 1981No. 62141PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Shulman, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was found guilty of armed robbery. The victim, Mrs. Pearl Rhodes, testified that on the morning of August 2, 1979, the appellant entered her house without permission and surprised her in her bedroom. Mrs. Rhodes said that she initially believed the intruder to be the minister of music at her church. Subsequent comparison of pictures of the two men revealed a remarkable similarity in their physical appearance. Mrs. Rhodes realized her error when the intruder threatened her with a gun and demanded that she give him all her money. She had no cash in the house…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Harvey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Oliver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Fields v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
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