Legal Opinion
Walraven v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 23, 1982No. 38749PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
Appellant, James Samuel Walraven, was convicted of the “bathtub” murder of Gisele Clardy and sentenced to death. Finding four of appellant’s enumerations of error to be meritorious, we reverse.
Facts
Gisele Clardy was employed as assistant manager of the Cherry Hill Apartments in DeKalb County. On the afternoon of May 28, 1981, Gisele left her office to post certain notices and to inspect vacant apartments. James Buffington, an auto mechanic working in the parking lot near building “U,” saw Gisele drive into the parking lot shortly after 4:00 p.m. Behind her was a car with two…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Fleming v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by110 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Felker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Castell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Frazier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
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