Legal Opinion
Spencer v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 21, 1990No. S90P0921PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
This is a case in which a death sentence has been imposed. The defendant, James Lee Spencer, originally was convicted and sentenced to death in 1975. The judgment was affirmed. Spencer v. State, 236 Ga. 697 (224 SE2d 910) (1976). However, Spencer obtained federal habeas corpus relief in connection with his challenges to the composition of his grand and traverse juries. See Spencer v. Kemp, 781 F2d 1458 (11th Cir. 1986). He has now been retried, convicted of malice murder, aggravated assault and escape, and sentenced to death.
The crimes occurred on October 31, 1974, while…
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