Legal Opinion
Potts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 6, 1991No. S91P0670PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
This is a death penalty case. Jack Howard Potts, whose death sentence for the murder of Michael Priest in Forsyth County was affirmed in Potts v. State, 259 Ga. 96 (376 SE2d 851) (1989), has been convicted in Cobb County for the kidnapping with bodily injury of Michael Priest and sentenced to death for this offense also. This is Potts’ appeal from the Cobb County conviction and death sentence.
The facts of Potts’ multi-county criminal episode are essentially as set forth in Potts v. State, id. Potts kidnapped Michael Priest in Cobb County and murdered Priest in Forsyth County by…
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