Legal Opinion
Wilson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 10, 1985No. 41615PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Jesse Wilson was convicted of the murder of 85-year-old Claude Nichols and motor vehicle theft. He appeals, and we reverse.
On July 7, 1983, Nichols’ car, a red Ford Fairmont, was found abandoned in Savannah, Georgia. In an attempt to locate Nichols several officers went to his apartment, where they discovered him on his bed, bound with neckties around his legs, hands, and neck. He had been dead approximately three to four weeks. Strangulation was the cause of death.
Henry Taylor, the state’s key witness, testified that he was with Wilson at the time of the murder, but that he…
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