Legal Opinion

McCoy v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 8, 1976No. 31133PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ingram, Justice.

Appellants Michael Branch and Willie McCoy were convicted of armed robbery by a jury in the Superior Court of Chatham County. Each of them received sentences of 20 years imprisonment in the state penitentiary. A motion for new trial filed in their behalf was overruled by the trial court. Appellants enumerate as error the trial court’s failure to grant them a new trial and argue two reasons why they contend a new trial should be ordered. We have considered each of appellants’ arguments and find them to be without merit.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Fleming v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Dodd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brewer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  2. Marshall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. Waters v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  4. Whitaker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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