Legal Opinion

Goodwin v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 24, 1976No. 30587PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hill, Justice.

This is a death case. The defendant, Terry Lee Goodwin, was indicted by the Walton County grand jury for the offenses of murder and armed robbery occurring on April 9,1975. Following his plea of not guilty, he was tried by jury, found guilty in a general verdict and sentenced to death. The jury found as aggravating circumstances warranting the imposition of the death penalty that the murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of another capital felony. The case is here for review of enumerated errors and of the sentence of death.

The state presented…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Gallegos v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Isaacs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. Cargill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Gates v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  5. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978

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