Legal Opinion

Head v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 17, 1984No. 41019PublishedCited by 113 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Weltner, Justice.

Raymond Head was convicted of armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The evidence at trial revealed that Arthur Wilson had picked up a hitchhiker, who threatened him with a pistol and robbed him of his wallet and other personal property. Later, an anonymous telephone caller told Wilson that Raymond Head was the person who had robbed him. Reporting this to the police, Wilson subsequently picked out a picture of Head from seven photographs. A week later, Wilson’s *430wallet was returned to him through the mail.

Both counts of the indictment were dependent…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

3Cited by113 opinions

  1. Childs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  2. Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  4. Wayne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  5. Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005

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