Legal Opinion
Gilreath v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 30, 1981No. 37255PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Presiding Justice.
This is a death penalty case. Fred Marion Gilreath, Jr., appeals his convictions and sentences to death for the murders of his wife and his father-in-law.
On May 11, 1979, Dempsey Wolfenbarger went to the Mableton Precinct of the Cobb County Police where he spoke with Corporal J. E. Davis. Wolfenbarger told Davis he was concerned about the safety of his stepdaughter, Linda Gilreath. He explained that Linda was in the process of obtaining a divorce from her husband, Fred Marion Gilreath, Jr., and that several days previously she had left their home to stay with her…
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3Cited by152 opinions
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