Legal Opinion
Florence v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 31, 1979No. 34619PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
Elmo Liston Florence and John Henry Mooney were indicted for the contract killing of T. K. Harty, the owner of a tavern in Athens. In separate trials both were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mooney’s appeal was heard by this court in Mooney v. State, 243 Ga. 373 (254 SE2d 337) (1979), and his conviction was affirmed.
The evidence in both cases is substantially the same and the legal issues raised on appeal are substantially the same. See Mooney v. State, supra, for a resume of the evidence.
1. In his first enumeration of error the appellant contends that the trial…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mooney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Crowder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Haden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
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