Legal Opinion
Page v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 16, 1986No. 42762PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
Appellant, Jerry Homer Page, was convicted by a jury in Jackson County of two counts of murder and one count of aggravated battery. He was sentenced to death on one murder count. The case is here on direct appeal, for review under the Unified Appeal Procedure, as amended, 252 Ga. A-13 et seq., and for the review of the death sentence required by OCGA § 17-10-35.1 For reasons which follow, we affirm the convictions, but set aside the death sentence.
Appellant and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce. After a temporary hearing in which Henrietta Page was awarded…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Devier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Romine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by15 opinions
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Lipham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Perkinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.