Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 7, 2000No. A99A2213PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Judge.

A Henry County jury convicted Clifton Ray Sullivan of armed robbery and kidnapping with bodily injury. Sullivan appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in: excluding relevant evidence, admitting inflammatory evidence, improperly charging the jury on circumstantial evidence and failing to specifically charge the jury on identity. We find these enumerations of error lack merit and affirm.

The evidence shows that on July 27, 1991, B. J. Craig visited JoAnn Tehonica at her trailer home. Craig was carrying a large amount of cash, and Tehonica resolved to steal it from him. Toward…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Klinect v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  2. Wynn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Moody v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
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  3. Holder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  4. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  5. Watkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

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