Legal Opinion
Castell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 16, 1983No. 39080PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
Stephens County Tax Commissioner Elizabeth Williams was murdered at her home early in the morning of July 31, 1980. After investigation, authorities suspected that former Tax Commissioner Donald Addison and Raymond McJunkin had hired John Michael Jones and the defendant in this case, James Everett Castell, to kill Mrs. Williams. The four of them were jointly indicted but tried separately. Castell was tried first, convicted, and sentenced to death. Jones was convicted and given a life sentence. His conviction was affirmed in Jones v. State, 250 Ga. 11 (295 SE2d 71)…
2Cases cited66 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by162 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Felker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Cargill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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