Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 11, 1992No. S92P0087PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
The defendant, James Ray Ward, was convicted of murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and feticide. He has been sentenced to death for the murder conviction by a jury in Walker County. He appeals his convictions and death sentence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.
1. The victim’s husband left for work at 6:00 a.m. on August 17, 1989. When he returned from work that evening, the 23-year-old victim, who was five months pregnant, was missing, along with her car. Their 22-month-old daughter was at home by herself.
When the police arrived later that evening, many friends and…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- State v. EstevezSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Ward v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
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- Gissendaner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Ledford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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