Legal Opinion
McClendon v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 25, 1986No. 43722PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
A Lowndes County grand jury indicted the appellant, James Mc-Clendon, Jr., on four counts of murder and one count of aggravated battery, among other charges. The state initially announced that it would seek the death penalty on all four murder counts at trial. When McClendon pleaded guilty to all four murder counts and the aggravated battery charge, the state agreed to refrain from seeking the death penalty and to drop the remaining charges.
The trial court gave McClendon life sentences for the murders, and a twenty-year sentence for the aggravated battery, all to be served…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. MiddlebrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Purvis v. ConnellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
3Cited by20 opinions
- Britt v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Johns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Watt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- King v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
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