Legal Opinion

Cargill v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 18, 1986No. 42698PublishedCited by 168 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, David Loomus Cargill, was convicted of two counts of murder and two counts of armed robbery. The evidence shows that the appellant’s brother, Thomas Philip Cargill, was an accomplice to these crimes. The appellant was given the death penalty for the murder convictions. His case is here on direct appeal, for review under the Unified Appeal Procedure (252 Ga. A-13 et seq.) and for the sentence review required by OCGA § 17-10-35. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

The victims, Danny and Cheryl Williams, were a young couple with four male children under…

2Cases cited113 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by168 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Isaacs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  3. McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  5. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987

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