Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 15, 1977No. 53973PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. " 'If the sentence of the court is within the limits prescribed by law for the offense charged, this court has no jurisdiction to review the sentence or the court’s refusal to reduce it.’ ” Anderson v. State, 129 Ga. App. 1 (198 SE2d 329).

2. The remaining enumerations of error go only to the general grounds of the motion for new trial. The evidence is uncontested that the victim was shot at close range by her husband, the bullet lodging in her spine and rendering her a paraplegic. She was approximately five months pregnant at the time, and delivery of the dead fetus…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  2. Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  3. Harp v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Monroe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  2. Bolden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  3. Garrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  4. Harden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  5. Carroll v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977

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