Legal Opinion

Echols v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 28, 1974No. 28410PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Presiding Justice.

This appeal by Phil ip Michael Echols is from the judgment of conviction in the Superior Court of Clayton County for rape and murder and sentences of twenty years imprisonment and life imprisonment respectively. The appeal recites that his motion for new trial was overruled on a specified date. However, the denial of a motion for new trial is not enumerated as error.

Since no issue is presented in this appeal as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict it is not necessary to set forth a full recital of the facts and circumstances surrounding the events…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. McCorquodale v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Stack v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Milton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  5. Watkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994

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