Legal Opinion
Morris v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 14, 1971No. 26619, 26620PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
These two appeals are by Donald Harold Morris from judgments of conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for murder and armed robbery, and also from denial of his amended motions for new trial. He was indicted for these offenses along with James L. Norwood, Paul Douglas Pearce and Donald Bridges by the grand jury of Fulton County, and was tried and convicted in the superior court of that county. The victim of the murder was Santos Martinez and of the robbery was George Nastapoulos. The appellant was tried separately for both offenses upon one trial.
His appeal involves 36…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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