Legal Opinion

Lee v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 25, 1988No. 44930PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Justice.

Appellant, Jesse Lee, was convicted of malice murder and armed robbery by a Walton County jury and sentenced to death. We affirm.

Late in the morning of August 5, 1986, Spec Prather, who operated a wrecker service for H & W Motors in Monroe, Georgia, received a telephone call concerning a disabled automobile at the Rolling Hills trailer park.

At noon that day, the wrecker stopped on Davis Street in Monroe, picked up the defendant and his brother Roy, and left in the direction of the trailer park.

Later that afternoon, the defendant showed some friends a large ¿mount of money,…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Cargill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  4. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Isaacs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  3. Waldrip v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  4. Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  5. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988

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