Legal Opinion
Tharpe v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 17, 1992No. S91P1642PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Presiding Justice.
Keith Leroy Tharpe was convicted by a jury in Jones County of malice murder and two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury. Finding the presence of three statutory aggravating circumstances, see OCGA § 17-10-30, the jury sentenced Tharpe to death for the murder. He appeals. We affirm.1
Tharpe’s wife left him on August 28, 1990 and moved in with her mother. Following various threats of violence made by the defendant to and about his wife and her family, a peace warrant was taken out against him, and the defendant was ordered not to have any contact with his wife or…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Childs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Todd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Mincey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by85 opinions
- von Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
- Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Keith Tharpe v. WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- Gissendaner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Ledford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
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