Legal Opinion
Kettman v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 19, 1987No. 44658PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
The appellant, Michael Kettman, was convicted of the felony murder of Terry Finger, and received a life sentence. Kettman now appeals, and we affirm.
Kettman, an eighteen-year-old graduate of North Cobb High School, had been having an affair with the victim’s wife. On Saturday evening, February 22, 1986, Kettman enlisted sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Rizzi to drive him to the victim’s house. Rizzi testified that Kettman had told her he was having an affair with the victim’s wife, and that he did not like her husband. Rizzi and Kettman met about 9:30 p.m. at a local McDonald’s, where…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Caffo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Woodard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by26 opinions
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