Legal Opinion

Springer v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 1, 1976No. 31695PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

Jesse Grady Springer was arrested and convicted for the armed robbery of a convenience store in Forest Park. He received a ten-year sentence with two years on probation and appeals. We affirmed.

1. Springer’s first enumeration of error raises a question involving the "best evidence” rule. He had been taken into custody by the Clayton County authorities for questioning about a different robbery, which he not only admitted but also drew a map tracing the route from a friend’s house to the scene. The map, however, did not lead to the store in which the robbery the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Willingham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  2. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. Sumners v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pryor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  2. Ferrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  3. Hammond v. PaulSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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