Legal Opinion
Legare v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 27, 1983No. 39524PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Chief Justice.
Andrew Philip Legare was tried and convicted in Baldwin County Superior Court on charges of armed robbery, burglary and malice murder; he was sentenced to life for the armed robbery, 20 years for the burglary and death for the murder. The convictions and sentences were affirmed by this court. Legare v. State, 243 Ga. 744 (257 SE2d 247), cert. denied, 444 U. S. 984 (1979). Legare then brought a petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Butts County. That court denied relief, and Legare’s application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Blankenship v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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3Cited by37 opinions
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