Legal Opinion
Justus v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 12, 1981No. 36686PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Chief Justice.
Buddy Earl Justus, the appellant, pleaded guilty to the October 7, 1978, murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, armed robbery and rape of Rosemary S. Jackson. Following a hearing, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping with bodily injury, the armed robbery, and the rape, and to death for the murder. The case is presently before this court for mandatory sentence review, and is a companion case to Goins v. State, 245 Ga. 62 (262 SE2d 818) (1980).
Although defense counsel has not enumerated any error in the proceeding below, he has requested this…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Jarrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Hance v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- Felker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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- State v. CooperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
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