Legal Opinion
Reed v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 23, 1977No. 31694PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
This is a companion case to Birt v. State, 236 Ga. 815 (225 SE2d 248) (1976). Reed was tried and convicted for two counts of burglary, two counts of armed robbery and two counts of murder. He was sentenced to two 20-year terms and four life terms to run concurrently.
The same witnesses testified in this case for the state as testified in Birt’s trial. The evidence was the same except that Reed was identified by Carswell Tapley as the person with "Jim Gordon” when he came to Louisville for Tapley to point out the Fleming residence, but that Reed did not go to Wrens with…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- State v. EstevezSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Birt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens v. Walter Zant, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Gunter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Dampier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- People v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
- Presnell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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